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08 July 2020
Issue: 7894 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Law digests: 10 July 2020

Anonymity

PQ (a child proceeding by her father and litigation friend) v An NHS Foundation Trust [2020] EWHC 1662 (QB), [2020] All ER (D) 137 (Jun)

An anonymity order was made, concerning a liability only trial in which the court was asked to determine whether or not the defendant NHS Trust was liable to pay the claimant damages for alleged breach of duty, arising out of the circumstances of the claimant’s birth. The Queen’s Bench Division held that the limited derogation from the principle of open justice in the press not being able to report the claimant’s name was more than offset by the correlative ability to report the proceedings from start to finish, including both liability and quantum.


Children & young persons

Re A (surrogacy: s 54 criteria) M v F and others [2020] EWHC 1426 (Fam), [2020] All ER (D) 141 (Jun)

The mere fact that the applicants, who were the biological mother and father of a child

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

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NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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