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Law Digests: 14 May 2021

14 May 2021
Issue: 7932 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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European Union

Friends of the Irish Environment Ltd v Commissioner for Environmental Information C-470/19, [2021] All ER (D) 82 (Apr)

Article 2, point 2, of (EC) Directive 2003/4 should be interpreted as meaning that it did not govern access to environmental information contained in court files, where neither the courts nor the bodies or institutions under their control, which thus had close links with those courts, constituted ‘public authorities’ within the meaning of that provision and therefore did not fall within the scope of that directive. The Court of Justice of the European Union (First Chamber) so held in proceedings concerning access to the file of the court proceedings in a closed case.


Family proceedings

Re C (a child) [2021] EWFC 32, [2021] All ER (D) 81 (Apr)

In finding that it did have jurisdiction to hear an application brought by a mother against the father under Sch 1 to the Children Act 1989 in relation to their child, the Family Court found that despite the father’s proceedings in Monaco:

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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
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
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
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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
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