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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

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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