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19 April 2024
Issue: 8067 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 19 April 2024

Disclosure

Secretary of State for the Home ­Department and another v R (on the application of IAB & others) [2024] EWCA Civ 66, [2024] All ER (D) 128 (Mar)

The Court of Appeal, Civil Division, dismissed an appeal by the defendants from a decision of the High Court stating that it was not a matter of routine for the names of civil servants outside the Senior Civil Service to be redacted from documents disclosed in proceedings. The court held that routine redaction was a practice inimical to open government and unsupported by authority. If Parliament had taken the view that members of the Civil Service had a general right to anonymity in judicial review litigation then it should enact a primary statute to that effect.


Family proceedings

Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea v NM and others [2024] EWFC 48, [2024] All ER (D) 125 (Mar)

The Family Court ruled on a difficult case management decision regarding the proper ambit of the finding of fact exercise in the present case. The proceedings

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NEWS
Restrictions on workplace non-disclosure agreements could make settlements slower, more complex and more expensive when reforms expected in 2027 take effect
Private prosecutors face closer scrutiny under Crown Prosecution Service guidance designed to strengthen accountability and consistency when intervention is requested
Foreign states cannot necessarily claim immunity for cyber operations launched abroad against computers in Britain, following a divided Supreme Court ruling
Defendants who make unsupported complaints about their lawyers risk losing legal aid while confiscation proceedings continue without representation
Lawyers advising Russian clients face different sanctions restrictions across the UK, EU and US, despite their shared objective of increasing pressure on Russia
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