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Law digests: 4 September 2020

02 September 2020
Issue: 7900 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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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 of

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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