In Episode 213 of Law Pod UK, Alasdair Henderson of 1 Crown Office Row joins Labour MP Henry Tufnell (formerly of 1 Crown Office Row) to discuss some of the salient and problematic proposals in Labour’s most sweeping changes to employment law in decades. They consider the proposed restrictions on zero hours contracts, the radical reduction of the qualifying period for unfair dismissal and ...

2024年1月29日 · As the dust settles on another year, it is (just about still) time to look back over the year gone to review some of the most dramatic, legally interesting or impactful cases of the year gone by. As ever, this is only a selection of the top cases of the year, but as a whole […]

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2024年11月24日 · 1 Crown Office Row. Ten years on from Cheshire West [2014] UKSC 19 (covered on this blog at the time), the seminal decision on deprivation of liberty by the Supreme Court, the Family Court faces an ever-increasing number of applications for deprivation of liberty orders for children. Two recent decisions from Mrs Justice Lieven, Peterborough City Council v SM [2024] EWHC 493 (Fam) and Re J ...

2023年8月29日 · On 11 August, a piece from Professor Richard Ekins KC (Hon) set out a case for the UK denouncing the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and leaving the treaty system altogether. One of the main arguments in favour of this is that it would ‘restore Parliament’s freedom, on behalf of the British people, to decide what our laws should be’.

2024年12月4日 · Ten years on from Cheshire West [2014] UKSC 19 (covered on this blog at the time), the seminal decision on deprivation of liberty by the Supreme Court, the Family Court faces an ever-increasing number of applications for deprivation of liberty orders for children. Two recent decisions from Mrs Justice Lieven, Peterborough City Council v SM [2024] EWHC 493 (Fam) and Re J [2024] EWHC 1690 (Fam ...

2021年10月19日 · The Weekly Round-up: Human trafficking, climate protest and algorithmic discrimination. 19 October 2021 by Hugo Murphy. In the news: In a landmark decision handed down on Tuesday, the High Court ruled that discretionary leave to remain should be granted to recognised modern slavery victims seeking asylum based on the fear of being re-trafficked upon return to their home countries.

2023年1月5日 · The year passed was, unsurprisingly, another year of tumult and surprise, something that by now registers as the norm rather than an aberration. Even so, 2022 must be a standout year – even by recent standards. From Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the collapse of two consecutive Tory governments, […]

2023年1月24日 · R ((AAA) Syria and Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] EWHC 3230 (Admin). On 14 th April of this year, the then-Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced a new ‘Migration and Economic Development Partnership’ between the UK Government and the Government of Rwanda to enable the removal of certain persons to who enter the UK to claim asylum (particularly those who arrive ...