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06 September 2024
Issue: 8084 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Law digests: 6 September 2024

Human rights

QX v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] UKSC 26, [2024] All ER (D) 08 (Aug)

The Supreme Court dismissed the Secretary of State’s appeal against the decision of the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, that Art 6(1) of the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention) applied to the review of the Secretary of State’s decision made under s 2 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 where conditions A and B were met therein when the temporary exclusion order (TEO) was imposed against the appellant (the imposition review) on the basis that it would be directly determinative of the respondent’s civil rights. The respondent was therefore entitled to a level of disclosure of the evidence relied on by the Home Secretary in support of its allegations of terrorism-related activity in Syria which complied with Art 6(1) of the Convention. The Secretary of State submitted that, depending on the content of the closed national security material, it was possible that the same form of open words would be sufficient

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NEWS
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
The long-running Mazur saga edged towards its finale as the Court of Appeal heard arguments on whether non-solicitors can ‘conduct litigation’. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School reports from a packed courtroom where 16 wigs watched Nick Bacon KC argue that Mr Justice Sheldon had failed to distinguish between ‘tasks and responsibilities’

The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ

Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
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