By : Civil

Why parliamentary parties aren’t trade organisations

In an interesting LinkedIn article, Peter Daly of Doyle Clayton Solicitors and Chris Milsom of Cloisters Chambers argue that MPs are entitled to bring discrimination c...

A right to sex? (Part II)

In May 2021, we wrote about the controversial decision of Hayden J in the case of A Local Authority v C & Ors. Under Read More

A right to sex?

A judgment by Mr Justice Hayden in the Court of Protection about the lawfulness of arranging for a man in care (‘C’) to have contact with a sex worker* has attracted much criticism. We wanted to explain why we ...

Passenger Locator Forms and fraud – some jurisdictional issues

With due apologies for parochialism, we will concentrate in this blog on the legal position in England, though it seems likely that similar issues will arise in relation to the law of Wales.

Traditionally, at common law, n...

Is lying about where you’ve been on holiday capable of amounting to fraud?

On 12 February, the Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021 were published. These regulations amend the Read More

School uniforms, indirect discrimination and Jon Holbrook’s tweet

On 31 January 2021, barrister Jon Holbrook either resigned or was expelled (depending on whose version you believe) from Cornerstone Chambers following complaints about one of his tweets. Mr Holbrook retweeted a tweet from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (‘the EHRC’...

Should there be an appeals system for coronavirus fixed penalty notices?

Criminal offences are generally prosecuted through the courts, but from the 1950s onwards, police officers were given the power to issue on-the-spot fines for minor offences. This began with parking offences (which were subsequently decriminalised), but over time the power h...

Freedom of expression and the Public Order Act 1986

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