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14 April 2017
Issue: 7742 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Practice

PP v Home Office and another [2017] EWHC 663 (QB), [2017] All ER (D) 18 (Apr)

The Queen’s Bench Division made a number of preliminary rulings in a case concerning a claimant who alleged that the defendant Home Office and Secretary of State for the Home Department had failed to make reasonable enquiries as to whether the claimant had been a victim of trafficking and had also unlawfully detained the claimant as a consequence of alleged errors of law relating to the identification of the claimant as a victim of trafficking.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

NEWS
The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials
Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer
Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
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