Shortly before the current turmoil in Westminster, a new British Bill of Rights was introduced in Parliament. This Bill seeks to repeal and replace the 1998 Human Rights Act, which incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law.
Rosalind English of 1 Crown Office Row discusses the proposed Bill with 1 Chancery Lane’s public law expert Andrew Warnock QC.
Laura Johnson KC and James Byrne have secured a multi-million pound settlement for a young woman who suffered horrifying avulsion injuries including the total loss of her scalp and right ear when her ponytail became trapped in factory drill. This was a highly unusual and…
We hope our readers enjoyed the long Easter weekend and grasped the opportunity, as we did, to spend a restful few days away from the coalface. We kept one eye on the courts though, and it’s just as well we did, because last week brought…
On 10 April 2025, the Court of Appeal handed down Judgment in Re M (A Child) [2025] EWCA Civ 440, providing long awaited guidance for deciding whether and when to grant intermediary assistance to vulnerable parties in family proceedings. An intermediary is someone whose function…
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