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Law digests: 13 August 2021

13 August 2021
Issue: 7945 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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R (on the application of A) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] UKSC 37, [2021] All ER (D) 115 (Jul)

The appellant failed in its challenge to the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme Guidance (the Guidance), as amended in 2012, issued by the Secretary of State in exercise of her common law powers. In dismissing the appeal, the Supreme Court held, among other things, that: (i) assessed by reference to the test in Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1985] 3 All ER 402, the Guidance (in the version in issue in the proceedings) was clearly lawful; and (ii) the Guidance was ‘in accordance with the law’ within the meaning of art 8(2) of the European Convention on Human Rights: a police force which sought to comply with its legal duties under the European Court of Human Rights and the domestic courts, as the Guidance encouraged it to do, would act ‘in accordance with the law’ for the purposes of art 8(2) of the Convention.


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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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