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Public Law Update (August 2018)
[ad_1] Home > Articles > 2018 archive John Tughan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent, important Children Public Law cases. John Tughan QC, 4 Paper Buildings In this article I consider recent decisions on the following issues: (i) section 20 accommodation (ii) the Legal Aid Agency’s statutory charge in claims for damages under the HRA…
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Medical tribunal of former Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman adjourned | Team Ineos
[ad_1] The medical tribunal of the former Team Sky and British Cycling doctor Richard Freeman, which was due to hear charges that he purchased 30 sachets of banned testosterone for an unnamed rider, has been adjourned and will not be heard until later this year at the earliest. The adjournment was confirmed by the Medical…
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Family judges must justify delaying final decisions – Court of Appeal | News
[ad_1] Judges have been warned by the Court of Appeal not to adjourn final decisions in family cases simply to ‘press the pause button’. Handing down judgment last week in S-L (Children: Adjournment), Lord Justice Peter Jackson said adjourning a decision ‘is a positive choice that requires proper weighing-up of the advantages and disadvantages and…
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Freeman tribunal adjourned and may not finish until October next year | British Cycling
[ad_1] The occasionally dramatic if sprawling medical tribunal of the former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman, which was due to be done and dusted last March, may not finish now until October 2020 after being adjourned yet again. Dr Freeman, who faces being struck off after accepting 18 of 22 charges against…
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To adjourn or not to adjourn: consideration of the Chief Coroner’s Guidance in relation to COVID-19 and the effects of the pandemic on inquests and reports of deaths to coroners. | News and Events
[ad_1] To adjourn or not to adjourn: consideration of the Chief Coroner’s Guidance in relation to COVID-19 and the effects of the pandemic on inquests and reports of deaths to coroners. Legal Update by Leila Benyounes. The Chief Coroner Guidance (numbers 34 and 35) has made it clear, as with other jurisdictions, that no physical…
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Civil and family cases being adjourned “for no apparently good reason”: Bar Council
[ad_1] Many civil and family cases are being adjourned “for no apparently good reason”, the Chair of the Bar Council, Amanda Pinto QC, has claimed. In her latest message on COVID-19 to members, she said the Bar Council had been repeatedly asking HMCTS for the figures on those civil and family cases going…
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Court of Appeal sets out ‘cardinal points’ on remote hearings and approach to public law children cases
[ad_1] The Court of Appeal has handed down rulings in the first two appeals relating to the welfare of children to have reached the court on the issue of remote hearings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The first appeal was in A (Children) (Remote Hearing: Care And Placement Orders) [2020] EWCA Civ 583 and…
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Extensions of time and adjournment of face-to-face hearings for Covid-19 reasons | News and Events
[ad_1] Extensions of time and adjournment of face-to-face hearings for Covid-19 reasons Legal Update by Roger Quickfall In the challenging and constraining times imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, it can be difficult to comply with case management directions. Although the parties may agree extensions of time of up to 56 days if they do not…
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Setting aside judgment for non-attendance: not necessarily what you may expect
[ad_1] In Fatima v Family Channel Ltd & Anor [2020] EWCA Civ 824, the Court of Appeal addressed an important point of principle engaging the right to a fair trial: the interplay between an unsuccessful application to adjourn a trial under CPR Part 3.1(2)(b) and a subsequent application under CPR Part 39.3 to set aside a judgment…
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Remote justice and Tribunal case management, Sophy Miles
[ad_1] In GL v Elysium Healthcare Upper Tribunal Judge Kate Markus has provided a helpful reminder of the importance of maintaining standards of fairness in the remote environment. The facts of the case were as follows: GL was detained under sections 37/41 MHA and his case was referred to the Tribunal. He resided in…