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02 September 2020
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Law digests: 4 September 2020

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Adoption

R (on the application of Article 39) v Secretary of State for Education [2020] EWHC 2184 (Admin), [2020] All ER (D) 40 (Aug)

The claimant children’s rights charity unsuccessfully challenged the Adoption and Children (Coronavirus) Amendment Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/445) which amended a series of regulatory protections in respect of children social care services. The Administrative Court held that given the circumstances, there had not been an error of law in the consultation process. Nor had the 2020 Regulations exercised the statutory power in a way that had failed to promote the policy and objects of the statutes in question.

Divorce

S v C [2020] EWHC 2127 (Fam), [2020] All ER (D) 43 (Aug)

In the course of proceedings concerning financial provision following the parties’ divorce, the court had to decide to what extent it should exercise its jurisdiction under s 23 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 so as to impose conditions on the release to the parties of a frozen fund of some £3.74m. The provenance

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NLJ this week: Driving test fraudsters steer towards jail
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
NLJ this week: Deepfakes demand data law muscle
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
NLJ this week: 40% penalty for coercive control
In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473
NLJ this week: Mbappé row spotlights ‘ethics bonuses’
A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law
NLJ this week: Appeal court reins in ‘wrong defendant’ switcheroo

The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ

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