Background
In SAG & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 2984 (Admin), the High Court considered challenges to the Secretary of State’s determination of applications to remove no recourse to public funds (“NRPF”) conditions
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Law Pod UK Ep.208. Vicarious Liability: Where Are We Now?
Following the recent allegations of abuse surrounding former owner of Harrods, Mohamed Al-Fayed, vicarious liability has been in the news once again.
In Episode 208, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Isabel McArdle about developments in this area of law since her
The Weekly Round-Up: ICC Arrest Warrants, Landmines in Ukraine, & Defining Sex in the Supreme Court
In the News
US President Joe Biden agreed last week to provide Ukraine with anti-personnel land mines as part of their 70th military aid package to Ukraine. The decision represents a significant departure from the Biden-Harris Administration’s 2022 policy which
Law Pod UK Latest: A Beginner’s Guide to Extradition
Benjamin Seifert of 1 Crown Office Row joins Lucy McCann to introduce our listeners to extradition law. Listen to Episode 207 to find out about the statutory framework that governs extradition, the procedure, the types of challenges raised when resisting
Father allowed to proceed with embryo surrogate treatment after death of mother: Court of Protection
EF v Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority [2024] EWHC 3004 (Fam)
This was an application by a father for a declaration that it should be lawful for him to use an embryo created using his sperm and his late wife’s
Cheshire West revisited: deprivation of liberty and children
Introduction
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
Rejoinder to Deb and Graham: Yes, the ECHR prohibits States from euthanising people by Rajiv Shah
Deb and Graham characterise my argument as follows: “the right to life under Article 2 is absolute and allows no exception; there is a negative obligation upon the UK not to take life; any euthanasia laws would necessarily involve the
The Weekly Round-up: Assisted dying bill, automated immigration decisions, and Daily Mail wins at the ECtHR
In UK news
This week the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill was published, with the second reading vote scheduled for 29 November 2024. The bill would allow terminally ill adults, who have capacity, to request to
The Supreme Court prioritises substance over form in protecting the welfare of children in an immigration context. Explicit reference to guidance is neither sufficient nor necessary.
In CAO (Respondent) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Appellant) (Northern Ireland) [2024] UKSC 32, the Supreme Court considered an appeal from the Home Secretary against a decision of the Northern Ireland Court of Appeal.
In their co-authored
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