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05 January 2018
Issue: 7775 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Weekly law digests

European Union

R (on the application of Gureckis) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (on the application of Cielecki) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (on the application of Perlinski) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWHC 3298 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 107 (Dec)

The linked claims for judicial review of the three claimants had been selected as test cases in which to consider the lawfulness of the defendant Secretary of State for the Home Department’s policy, and its application, to European Economic Area (EEA) nationals found sleeping rough in the UK. The Queen’s Bench Division, in granting the claims for judicial review, held, among other things, that the policy was unlawful because to treat rough sleeping as an abuse of the right to freedom of movement and residence, as the defendant had done, was contrary to EU law.

Extradition order

Sobczyk v Circuit Court in Katowice, Poland [2017] EWHC 3353 (Admin), [2017] All ER (D) 120 (Dec)

The appellant’s appeal against an order for

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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

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

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
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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