Introduction   This note is intended to assist local authorities when considering their Care Act 2014 duties following the Coronavirus Act 2020 (“The Act”) coming into force on 3 March 2020[1]. The

Ian Peacock and Sián McGibbon have written an article for Arena Magazine's January 2020 edition which looks at 'The Role of the Electoral Commission in Ensuring ‘Intelligibility

It could easily have been another Grenfell Tower. On Friday, 15 November 2019, over 100 people were forced to flee The Cube in Bolton, Greater Manchester, after a fire broke out and

Introduction On 19 July 2019, His Honour Judge Dight gave judgment in the case of Darren Grimes v The Electoral Commission, an appeal against a £20,000 financial penalty imposed upon Mr Grimes

“Mediation is not just about one side getting what they want. That is a misconception...” HHJ Catherine Newman QC.   I am regularly appointed to mediate disputes about

R (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Interveners: (1) Residential Landlords Association (2) Equality and Human Rights Commission (3) Liberty [2019] EWHC 452 (Admin); March 1, 2019

Forward v Aldwyck Housing Group Limited [2019] EWCA Civ 1334; July 29, 2019 This case note discusses Forward v Aldwyck Housing Group Limited and the legal implications of breaching the s149 Equality Act 2010 (EA)

R (on the application of DA and others) (Appellants) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Respondent); and R (on the application of DS and others) (Appellants) v Secretary

by John McCafferty, Clara Zang and Rosalee Dorfman Mohajer Introduction This article considers the caselaw relating to the prohibition of false statements about another candidate in Council and Parliamentary

Colin Manning - Mediator We all know, don’t we, that parties in dispute cannot be compelled to engage in mediation. As a general proposition, that is correct.

Timothy Straker QC & Amrit Kaur Dhanoa Electoral Law in the UK has become complex, voluminous and fragmented. Following much debate on the subject, and having monitored the

Challenges fall under three sections of the Arbitration Act 1996 – 67, 68 and 69. Strategising challenges are tricky and need to be given careful consideration. Successful challenges are rare.

  Christopher Baker and Rea Murray of 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square secured a landmark victory in the Court of Appeal for an Orthodox Jewish, charitable housing association, successfully

Samuels v Birmingham City Council Supreme Court Lady Hale, President, Lord Carnwath, Lady Black, Lord Lloyd-Jones, Lord Kitchin [2019] UKSC 28 12 June 2019   The Supreme Court has held that when assessing the

We are delighted to share part 3 of our 3-part toolkit and road map, designed to assist public bodies, organisations, individuals and their respective lawyers

In London and Quadrant Housing Trust v Patrick [2019] EWHC 1263 the High Court dismissed an appeal in which the appellant, Mr Patrick, contended that it was wrong to make a possession

We are delighted to share part 2 of our 3-part toolkit and road map, designed to assist public bodies, organisations, individuals and their respective lawyers

  We are delighted to share part 1 of our 3-part toolkit and road map, designed to assist public bodies, organisations, individuals and their respective lawyers

Rea Murray writes for the Discrimination Law Association, including case summary of R (Z and others) v (1) Hackney LBC and (2) Agudas Israel Housing Association [2019] EWHC 139

Christopher Baker and Rea Murray of 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square secured a landmark victory in the Divisional Court for an Orthodox Jewish, charitable housing association accused of unlawful

The Homes Fit for Human Habitation Act is on the statute book. But what is it for? What does it do? And will it work? Karen Buck MP, who guided

An arbitration agreement binds formal signatories to a contract. We all know that parties’ consent is the foundation of any international arbitration. Article II of the New York Convention

The Supreme Court delivered judgement in the case of R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union [2017] UKSC 5 on 24th January 2017. It ruled by a majority of 8:3

Jane Lambert has contributed to Helen Tse’s book on Brexit.

The Insolvency Rules were updated on 1 April 2017. Salma Duncan outlines the key Changes.

Corporates facing internal white collar investigations left with much to consider following a landmark High Court privilege decision, writes Raoul Colvile.

Max Shephard provides a short guide to freezing orders and commentary on: (1) Injunctions and supported applications under the Insolvency Act 1986; (2) The dissipation of assets in notification injunctions following the

Vivienne Sedgley summarises the Court of Appeal’s guidance on challenging jurisdiction. In brief, they should be raised at the outset of proceedings and late challenges should be treated

Changes made on 1 April 2017 suppress the effect of SARPD Oil International Ltd v. Addax Energy SA [2016] EWCA Civ 120, writes Vivienne Sedgley.

Retaining the 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square Election Team.

Please see below a link to Jane Lambert’s article regarding the recent Unwired Planet v Huawei judgement.

In her Lancaster House speech of the 17 Jan 2017 (the transcript of which can be found on The Independent’s website) the Prime Minister acknowledged that “Britain might at times have

Rupert Beloff’s article entitled ‘Gender Verification, Hyperandrogenism and Athletics – A Moral Maze’ explores the history of gender verification in sport and recent developments. It is published in Sports Resolutions’

A year like no other! Satinder undertakes some of the most complex and valuable sports injury, clinical negligence and personal injury cases that are litigated. Most of the cases which

Athelstane Aamodt examines the new CPS guidance on cases involving communications sent via social media. The law has long been concerned with what people can and cannot say publicly. As

A few days after the EU referendum, Lady Neville-Rolfe, the Minister for Intellectual Property, told the British group of the Union of European Practitioners in Intellectual Property in a speech

Joseph Dalby SC and Ruhi Sethi-Smith examine the many legal issues that may flow from increased drone use. Drones are rapidly being seen as a feature of the near future,

Introduction This is an article on cutting edge developments in extraditing Indian nationals who have fled to the UK in recent times. It demonstrates that the extradition process is not

There has been something of a frisson in the world of employment law with the judgment of the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the case of Kilraine v London Borough

In the first of his three-part series on debt recovery, Marc Samuels revisits the circumstances in which local authorities can issue late demands for non-domestic business rates. National non-domestic rating

Legal World News 15th April 2016 New Law Journal “Hyperbole” surrounding the Panama Papers disclosure may be obscuring the main issue of multinational corporations’ tax arrangements,  financial regulation QC Phillip

European Union, Unitary Patent, United Kingdom, UPC ‘A Brexit will not necessarily delay the start of the Unitary Patent system’ Hopefully the United Kingdon won’t jeopardize the Unitary Patent

Indefinite suspension of discharge from bankruptcy – a worrying trend?

Brian Hurwitz of the Sharpe Pritchard planning law team, and Phillip Pattterson of 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, look at legal and procedural requirements for obtaining development consent orders (“DCOs”)

In Glass and Others v Freyssinet Ltd [2015] EWHC 2972 (IPEC) the inventors of a treatment process for concrete sued Freysinnet Ltd. (“Freysinnet”) for infringement of their patent in the Intellectual Property

Whenever you apply to register, or to renew the registration of, a generic top level domain name such as one ending in “.com”, “.org” or “.biz” you represent and warrant

The Lawyer – “4-5 Gray’s Inn Square has become the first chambers to adopt a CV-blind application system for all barristers and staff. The move, which launches today (9 November) means

Copyright is no laughing matter for an aggrieved comic. Recently, Twitter has started to bow to complaints from users that others on the social network have been lifting jokes and

Hart Publishing have just published an important book on this topical and contentious issue edited by Katja Ziegler, Elizabeth Wicks and Loveday Hodson. Richard has written a chapter

Aathelstane Aamodt looks at the issues where false statements are made about an election candidate. Defamation claims have have tended to be the preferred cause of action for people who

A Court of Protection judge has handed down the latest major judgment on whether P must be joined as a party to proceedings in deprivation of liberty cases where they

By Ruhi Sethi The Insurance Act 2015 received Royal Assent on 12 February 2015 and comes into force in full on 12 August 2016 after a transitional period of 18 months. The 2015 Act signifies the greatest

According to the East Midlands Textile Association (“Emtex”) the East Midlands has the highest concentration of clothing and textile companies in the UK. Nottingham lace, Leicester knitwear, Northampton shoes have

A divided Supreme Court in Coventry and others v Lawrence and another [2015] UKSC 50 has finally brought to a conclusion a particularly sorry piece of litigation with a judgment which serves

by Phillip Patterson The recent judgment of the Court of Appeal in Michael Wilson & Partners Ltd v Sinclair [2015] EWCA Civ 774 definitely confirms that Denton v TH White Ltd [2014] 1 W

by Jane Lambert Judicial Review of the Copyright Exceptions: British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and Others v Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills.

Ruhi Sethi examines the recent Mercuria judgment that provides an endorsement for the structure of repo transactions as well as a reminder of the importance of cogent drafting of the

David Hughes writes for Gibraltar Chronicle.

The article summarises India’s landmark judgments on arbitration law from 2014 and highlights leading judgments that influenced international commercial arbitration in India prior to 2014. It also analyses the Indian

Last week the House of Lords called for an EU-wide register of drone owners, or remotely piloted aircraft systems (which are part of the wider category of unmanned aerial systems

In October 2014 the Supreme Court gave a decision which could fundamentally alter how consultation exercises should be carried out in the future. Most cuts cases involve complaints about unlawful consultation.

By Richard Clayton QC

By Phillip Patterson   Precedent, the Privy Council and Commonwealth harmonisation This article considers how a series of cases regarding the recovery of bribes and secret commissions has provided a

A recent Court of Appeal decision has the potential to widen the scope of persons owed duties under the homelessness legislation. In Rehana Hussain v The London Borough of Waltham

Timothy Straker QC delivers Election law talk at the Solace Election Conference 2015, a full copy of the talk can be downloaded below.

Patents: Les Laboratoires Servier and another v Apotex Inc and others [2014] UKSC 55, [2014] 3 WLR 1257, [2014] WLR(D) 452, [2014] BUS LR 1217, UK Supreme Court In Everet v. Williams (1893), 9 L.Q. Rev. 197, the highwayman John

A Concise Guide for Businesses, Innovative and Creative Individuals.

Clayton and Tomlinson The Law of Human Rights (3rd edn, Oxford University Press, in preparation) Clayton and Tomlinson (with Nick Bratza) The Law of the European Convention on Human Rights: