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A Local Authority’s application not to disclose a child’s existence to his Father in proposed adoption proceedings was refused because of an utterly unacceptable period of delay: A Local Authority v JK (First Respondent) and W (Through his Guardian)(Second Respondent)…
In a test case under the Financial Markets Test Case Scheme[1] the Supreme Court today substantially allowed a leapfrog appeal by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The insurers’ appeals were dismissed. The proceedings had been initiated by the FCA under…
A decision by Cohen J that it was in the best interests of a man (RS) not to receive life-sustaining treatment led to the Court of Appeal holding[1] that an appeal was unarguable. (See Article Unarguable end-of-life Application on this…
Where a wife set out no more than her basic needs in Form E, it could also be used for the purposes of her maintenance pending suit (MPS) application; it was unnecessary for these purposes to provide a list of…
Allowing an appeal in the Court of Protection today, Mrs Justice Lieven held that the mother and certain other members of the family had a reasonable excuse to leave their homes to provide care to NG pursuant to regulation 6(2)(d)…
Where was Jack Bauer when we needed him? A couple of days ago I tuned into CNN Live during the early evening to watch the joint session of Congress about to ratify the election results. But within minutes cameras switched…
An NHS Trust asked the High Court to declare that it was in a child’s best interests to withdraw medical treatment with the effect that she be allowed to die: Guys and St Thomas’s Children’s NHS Foundation Trust v Knight…
The Queen’s Bench Division considered an appeal by Norfolk County Council against a judgment in the Norwich County Court finding it liable in negligence for personal injuries suffered by the respondent: Norfolk County Council (Appellant/Defendant) v Sharon Durrant (Respondent/Claimant) [2020]…
A decision by Cohen J that it was in the best interests of a man not to receive life-sustaining treatment, led to an urgent oral application to appeal to a two-judge Court of Appeal on 23 December 2020: JB v…
The role of an appellate court was invariably limited when dealing with an appeal based primarily on challenges to factual findings. So emphasised the Divisional Court when dismissing a solicitor’s appeal against findings of misappropriation of client money and misleading…