02/11/2020
The Court of Appeal case of R (Hans Husson) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 329 earlier this year highlighted the possibility of bringing claims in damages against the Home Office for delay in making immigration decisions, both under Article 8 of the ECHR in just satisfaction and by virtue of incremental expansion in the common law of negligence.
Last week Russell Wilcox and Katie Ayres discussed the case of Husson, seeking to draw out some of its potential implications for ongoing and future claims.
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This week’s Dekagram covers the court system from top to bottom, domestically and internationally. Sarah Prager KC examines two recent decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union relating to air travel, a decision considering the enforcement jurisdiction of the County Court, and…
In this week’s dekagram Dominique Smith examines the all-important topic of Part 36 offers, and the knotty question of whether and how they can be withdrawn, whilst Russell Wilcox considers what currency costs orders should be made in. When can a Part 36 Offer be…
In this week’s Dekagram Kerry Nicholson considers whether there’s any way around a failure to serve an N510 form on time when issuing a claim, and Robbie Parkin examines a quite extraordinary case which looks set to rumble on through the courts for years to…
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