This paper and related presentation examines the anticipated impact of the new regulations which remove entitlement to payment by legal aid for costs in judicial review where either the case ends prior to permission being granted or permission is refused.
This presentation and related materials cover the use of judicial review in immigration cases , including:
• The implications of the transfer of most immigration judicial reviews to the Upper Tribunal
• The increasing use of judicial review as the only remedy in cases where clients have no right of appeal
• The use of strategic judicial review litigation to challenge the new interpretation of and validity of the new immigration rules post 9 July 2012 (including in relation to Article 8)
• Major changes in the field which will be wrought when the Immigration Act 2014 comes fully into force
This paper explores constitutional points arising from from the devolution of powers in Wales.
Briefing for Peers on Part 4 of the Criminal Justice & Courts Bill , in advance of it reaching the House of Lords Committee stage.
This briefing is concerned with the proposed changes to judicial review in Part 4 of the Criminal Justice & Courts Bill. It follows on from PLP’s previous briefing in March 2014.
This briefing concerns the Richard III case , used a justification for measures in Part 4 of the Criminal Justice & Courts Bill.
This talk focuses on the broad range of remedies available in claims for breach of confidence and
misuse of private information and under Article 8 ECHR and the Data Protection Act 1998. It considers
the central building-blocks of such actions and discusses tactical considerations for public lawyers.
This talk and accompanying paper discusses the interaction between public law equality challenges and claims for damages for discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.
This paper and accompanying talk discuss the interaction between public law equality challenges and claims for damages for discrimination under the Equality Act 2010.
This talk and accompanying paper looks at recent developments in the application of the principle of just satisfaction in a commercial context , including the Infinis case , and other examples of using human rights grounds to obtain substantive commercial results.
The Mau Mau case made legal history in 2013 when the British Government compensated and issued an apology to 5 ,000 Kenyans who had been tortured whilst detained by the British colony prior to independence in 1963. This paper outlines the factual and legal issues which arose in the course of the litigation.
All the public sector Ombudsmen have a power to make recommendations as to how the injustice arising out of any maladministration they identify may be remedied. This paper and appendix discusses what remedies an Ombudsman complaint can secure and how to make effective us of the schemes.