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Law digests: 26 March 2020

25 March 2020
Issue: 7880 / Categories: Case law , In Court , Law digest
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Children & young persons

R (on the application of SXM) v Disclosure and Barring Service [2020] EWHC 624 (Admin), [2020] All ER (D) 107 (Mar)

The refusal to disclose information on whether a person had been barred from regulated activity with children, or the reasons for not doing so, to a person who alleged that she had been the victim of abuse by that person was lawful. Accordingly, the Divisional Court dismissed the claimant’s application for judicial review of the defendant Disclosure and Barring Service’s refusal to inform her whether the interested party had been barred, and further held that the refusal to provide that information did not amount to a breach of any positive obligation imposed by Art 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Contempt of court

Andreewitch v Moutreuil [2020] EWCA Civ 382, [2020] All ER (D) 108 (Mar)

There had been a procedural irregularity in the conduct of the appellant’s contempt proceedings by the judge proposing

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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