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R (on the application of FT) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (‘rolling review’; challenging leave granted) [2017] UKUT 331 (IAC), [2017] All ER (D) 53 (Aug)

R (on the application of Durand Academy Trust) v Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills [2017] EWHC 2097 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 61 (Aug)

Joy-Morancho v Joy [2017] EWHC 2086 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 54 (Aug)

R (on the application of Maguire and others) v Assistant Coroner for West Yorkshire (Eastern Area) [2017] EWHC 2039 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 59 (Aug)

Randhawa and another v Turpin and another (as former Joint Administrators of BW Estates Ltd) [2017] EWCA Civ 1201, [2017] All ER (D) 40 (Aug)

Stevensdrake Ltd (trading as Stevensdrake Solicitors) v Hunt (Liquidator of Sunbow Ltd) [2017] EWCA Civ 1173, [2017] All ER (D) 34 (Aug)

JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshlenny Bank and another v Pugachev and another [2017] EWHC 1761 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 49 (Aug)

Re Lehman Brothers Europe Ltd (in administration) [2017] EWHC 2031 (Ch), [2017] All ER (D) 44 (Aug)

Twaite v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2017] UKFTT 591 (TC), [2017] All ER (D) 39 (Aug)

Re X (A Child) (No 4) [2017] EWHC 2084 (Fam), [2017] All ER (D) 51 (Aug)

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NEWS
A High Court decision has clarified that a home may be unfit for human habitation not only where conditions endanger health or safety, but also where they seriously undermine comfort and convenience

A longer time limit for employment tribunal claims, new charity law thresholds, property tribunal recruitment and appellate guidance on small-claims costs feature in the latest Civil Way round-up

A recent High Court ruling could make issue estoppel considerably more complex in cross-border litigation, requiring parties to consider the foreign law governing the underlying claim
The Supreme Court has overturned Cheshire West’s bright-line test for deprivation of liberty, replacing it with a broader, more contextual assessment that gives greater weight to an individual’s wishes, feelings and apparent consent
Jonathan Fisher KC’s wide-ranging fraud report contains worthwhile proposals, but turning them into workable reform will require money, capacity and political will
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