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Weekly law digests

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

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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
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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