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Weekly law digests

08 June 2018
Issue: 7796 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , In Court
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Child

Re S (a child) (abduction: Hague Convention or BIIa) [2018] EWCA Civ 1226, [2018] All ER (D) 149 (May)

Where a child, habitually resident in England and Wales, was alleged to have been wrongfully removed to or retained in another EU member state, the England and Wales courts had the power to make a return order summarily at the outset of proceedings when it had substantive jurisdiction under Council Regulation (EC) 2201/2003. However, the Court of Appeal, Civil Division, held that, absent a good reason to the contrary, the better course was for the court to defer making a return order until an application under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction 1980 had been determined in the other member state.

Employment

R (on the application of the Fire Brigades Union) v South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority [2018] EWHC 1229 (Admin), [2018] All ER (D) 150 (May)

The defendant Fire and Rescue Authority’s shift system which involved periods during a working week of 96 hours of continuous duty, other

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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