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Law digests: 29 January 2021

28 January 2021
Issue: 7918 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Asylum

R (on the application of AS) v Liverpool City Council [2020] EWHC 3531 (Admin), [2021] All ER (D) 02 (Jan)

In the course of judicial review proceedings, challenging an age assessment conducted on behalf of the defendant local authority, which had concluded that the claimant asylum seeker was aged 20 or over and not a child, as he claimed, the Administrative Court allowed the claimant’s application for interim relief and granted an order that the authority should continue to accommodate and support him as a child in its care. Interim relief was granted until the issue of permission to apply for judicial review was determined, or further order.


Conflict of laws

Etihad Airways PJSC v Flöther [2020] EWCA Civ 1707, [2021] All ER (D) 05 (Jan)

In dismissing the appeal of Air Berlin’s insolvency administrator, whose application disputed the jurisdiction of the English courts to resolve disputes arising out of a facility agreement entered into between Air Berlin and the respondent, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, found that the ‘asymmetric’

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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