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Police not liable for failing to protect someone from injury: Supreme Court
Tindall and another (Appellants) v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police (Respondent) [2024] UKSC 33, on appeal from [2022] EWCA Civ 25
Justices: Lord Hodge, Lord Briggs, Lord Leggatt, Lord Burrows and Lady Simler
The Supreme Court has affirmed that…
No, legislating to allow euthanasia would not breach the European Convention on Human Rights
The Weekly Round-Up: UNRWA banned & safe access zones come into force
In UK News
Last Thursday, legislation providing for safe access zones around abortion clinics came intoforce. Within these safe access zones, it is now a criminal offence to intentionally orrecklessly:
- influence any person’s decision to access or facilitate abortion
…
Supreme Court endorses judicial review over other remedies – in some cases
McKleenon, re Application for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) 2024 UKSC 31
Following our recent Law Pod UK episode on judicial review, this case contains some useful guidelines to the differences between the kinds of remedy available via judicial review…
Guest Post: Assisted Suicide on the NHS would breach the ECHR
Law Pod UK New Episode: The Judge Over Your Shoulder
The Weekly Round-up: The Kaba acquittal, proposed Anonymity for police officers, alternative remedies in Supreme Court, and asylum seekers in the Chagos archipelago
In UK news
This week police firearms officer Sgt Martyn Blake was acquitted of the murder of Chris Kaba, after shooting Mr Kaba through the windscreen of his car. Mr Kaba was unarmed and driving with both hands on…
Husband who escorted his wife to Switzerland not denied access to her estate under Forfeiture Rule
Philip Morris v James Morris, Kate Shmuel and Gregory White [2024] EWHC 2554 (Ch)
These proceedings concerned the forfeiture rule under section 2(2) of the Forfeiture Act 1982 as it applies to the estates of people who travel to Switzerland…
The Weekly Round-Up: Gender Recognition in Europe, Employment Rights, & ECHR membership contested
In UK News
Last week, the Government published the new Employment Rights Bill – a bill Deputy PM Angela Raynor has said seeks to “turn the page on an economy riven with insecurity, ravaged by dire productivity and blighted by…