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Easing the post-holiday back-to-work transition

The team at Thomson Reuters Legal Insights Europe discuss the challenges of returning to the legal world after time off, and how to deal with the issues which may face you upon your return.

Nov 08, 2024

Easing the post-holiday back-to-work transition

From asylum seeker to monitoring officer

Former Corporate Director and Monitoring Officer of Brighton and Hove City Council Abraham Ghebre-Ghiorghis speaks to Lottie Winson about his 37-year career at the authority, his role as the “conscience of the organisation”, and his journey into law as an asylum seeker from Eritrea.

Oct 30, 2024

From asylum seeker to monitoring officer

July 18, 2025

Don’t refuse to mediate! Engage

Peter Causton looks at a recent ruling where a defendant public body was reprimanded for refusing to mediate.

Jul 18, 2025

Smile for the Camera?

Annie Sayers gives an overview of the Family Justice Council’s Guidance on covert recordings.

Jul 18, 2025

ADHD diagnosis and disability

Does an ADHD diagnosis mean an employee is (rather than may be) disabled under the Equality Act 2010? That's the question the Employment Appeal Tribunal had to determine in a recent case, writes Alexandra Addington.

Jul 18, 2025

The coroner's duty to notify the DPP

When is Rule 25(4) of the Coroners (Inquest) Rules 2013 triggered? Lewis Harrison explains.

Jul 18, 2025

Racist comments from one employee to another

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has upheld a tribunal’s decision that a racist comment made by one employee to another did not give rise to employer liability under the Equality Act 2010. Georgia Blesson examines the judgment.

Jul 18, 2025

Court of Protection case update: July 2025

Niamh Brennan and Sarah Hutchinson round up the latest Court of Protection rulings of interest to practitioners.

Jul 17, 2025

Maximising ROI in renewable energy: Legal, technical, and financial strategies for net-zero success

The Hugh James Energy and Renewables team share their expertise on achieving net-zero, and emphasise that it doesn’t have to come at the cost of return on investment (ROI).

July 11, 2025

Risk assessments in care proceedings: L-G and Re T

Adrian Gordon considers two significant 2025 decisions of the Court of Appeal, which revisit some of the most fundamental considerations surrounding the application of s31 of the Children Act 1989 to the facts of every given case.

Jul 09, 2025

Neurodiversity in the Family Justice System Panel Discussion

42BR Barristers is pleased to present this online panel discussion exploring the next steps in advancing and sharing best practice to support the implementation of newly published guidance aimed at improving access to justice for neurodivergent individuals.

Jul 03, 2025

What might the public inquiry on child sexual exploitation look like

With the recent announcement that there will now be a national public inquiry into child sexual exploitation (CSE) Stephanie McGarry and Sarah Erwin-Jones look at what this means for those likely to be become involved and what Baroness Casey had to say in her recently published review into CSE.

Jul 03, 2025

Too much?

In the fourth and final article on a Court of Appeal judgment that involved an exploration of the law and procedure relating to challenges to decisions about care for young people brought after the event, Catherine Rowlands looks at the Court of Appeal view on whether a local authority accidentally accommodated the claimant.

Jun 27, 2025

The attendance of experts in family proceedings

Rosie Muncer looks at the lessons to be learned from how a High Court judge considered a case management application for the single joint experts in care proceedings to attend to give oral evidence.

Jun 27, 2025

Too little? When intervention is not required

In the third article on a recent Court of Appeal judgment that involved a wide-ranging exploration of the law and procedure relating to challenges to decisions about care for young people brought after the event, Catherine Rowlands looks at how the local authority responded.

Jun 18, 2025

The seven questions to address in a welfare analysis

A recent Court of Appeal decision highlights the importance of analysing all the factors in the welfare checklist when considering a care and placement order instead of an overreliance on the ‘risk of harm’ factor, and sets out a 7-step approach to this analysis. Victoria Holland examines the ruling.

Unlocking legal talent

Jonathan Bourne of Damar Training sets out why in-house council teams and law firms should embrace apprenticeships.

How hair strand testing should be instructed for family court proceedings

For years, FTS, a drug, alcohol and DNA lab in Yorkshire, has been advocating for an end to the use of Society of Hair Testing (SoHT) cut-off levels in the family courts, writes Paul Hackett (Sponsored Editorial)

Jun 27, 2025

Too little? When intervention is not required

Jun 18, 2025

The seven questions to address in a welfare analysis

Jun 18, 2025

Too late

In the second article of a series on challenges to decisions about care for young people brought after the event, Catherine Rowlands looks at how the Court of Appeal dealt with the issue of whether a claim was brought out of time.

Jun 18, 2025

Expert fees in public law children cases

When the expert exceeds Legal Aid Agency rates, what is the Court to do? Eleanor Hull analyses an important recent ruling from the President of the Family Division.

Jun 18, 2025

The 26-week timeframe and care proceedings with an international element

Gary Fawcett examines a recent Court of Appeal ruling on the 26-week statutory time limit in care proceedings with an international element.

Jun 18, 2025

Too little? Or too late?

In the first in a series of articles, Catherine Rowlands examines a Court of Appeal judgment that involved a wide-ranging exploration of the law and procedure relating to challenges to decisions about care for young people brought after the event.

Jun 13, 2025

Re A compliance in care proceedings

Emily Henshaw looks at what Re A compliance means and why it matters.

Jun 06, 2025

Fact-finding hearings and allegations of rape

Although a private law children case, there are various points in a recent judgment from Mr Justice Hayden that are relevant to local authorities involved in public law children proceedings, write Joanna Thom and Harrison Engler.

May 30, 2025

The Court of Appeal on revocation of adoption orders

Catherine Ellis considers the implications of the ruling in Re X&Y on the High Court’s ability to revoke adoption orders.

May 21, 2025

Care orders and consent to the deprivation of liberty of children

Joanne Clement KC and Samuel Willis analyse an important Court of Appeal case on Article 5 and the deprivation of liberty of children.

July 17, 2025

Personal circumstances, public safety, and the planning balance

Arevik Jackson provides some reflections on recent co-joined enforcement appeals and the grant of temporary planning permissions.

Jul 17, 2025

The Environment (Principles, Governance and Biodiversity Targets (Wales) Bill: the key provisions

Hannah Shaw analyses draft legislation in Wales aimed at establishing a robust framework for environmental governance in Wales.

Jul 17, 2025

Errors of law, materiality and remedies

A recent Court of Appeal case concerning “restocking notices” in forestry has wider lessons in relation to errors of law and remedies, write Heather Sargent and Charles Bishop.

Jul 17, 2025

What next for rent reviews?

Government plans to ban upwards only rent reviews have caught everyone by surprise, writes David Harris.

Jul 16, 2025

Commonhold reform – the beginning of the end?

Tanya Edmonds of Ashfords answers a number of questions raised by the government's white paper on a reformed commonhold model.

Jul 16, 2025

The CAT’s approach to Subsidy Decision Reviews: Fast, cheap and simple?

Olivia Dawson and Oliver Slater consider the Subsidy Control Act’s subsidy challenge regime, the Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (the “CAT’s”) approach to case management and costs, and what the future for challenges to subsidy decisions might look like.

Jul 16, 2025

Millbrook Healthcare Limited v Devon County Council – Its impact on local government procurement

Oliver Dickie, Christopher Watkins and George McLellan dive into the recent High Court judgment on interim relief in procurement claims.

July 11, 2025

Early insights into the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

David Kitson offers some initial thoughts on the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill.

Jul 11, 2025

The section 58 defence in the Highways Act 1980

The Court of Appeal recently allowed a claimant’s appeal against a judge’s decision to reject his claim for liability against a county council in relation to a hole in a grass verge which caused him to fall off his bicycle. Martin Porter KC and Anastasia Karseras explain why.

Jul 11, 2025

Risk assessments in care proceedings: L-G and Re T

Jul 11, 2025

Turbulence ahead

The £205.2m Cardiff Airport public funding package is to be challenged under the Subsidy Control Act 2022. Jonathan Branton and Alexander Rose consider the case and whether we are now likely to see more legal challenges emerge within the airport and aviation sector, which has been the subject of frequent cases in EU State aid law.

Jul 11, 2025

PFI – a new era?

Melanie Pears explores the recent announcement by NHS England about the possibility of a private finance model for capital developments, alongside the Treasury's calls for it to be only used in very limited circumstances.

Jul 11, 2025

Costs in discrimination claims brought by litigants in person

The EAT has overturned a £20,000 costs order due to the tribunal's flawed assumptions about legal advice and hindsight bias in assessing prospects of success. Michael Halsey looks at the lessons from the ruling.

Jul 10, 2025

The Building Safety Act and retrospective service charge protection

Mark Loveday and Hugh Rowan examine Court of Appeal rulings on retrospective service charge protection under Schedule 8 of the Building Safety Act 2022.

Jul 10, 2025

Right to Buy (RTB) leases — be warned about service charges

Andrius Roos outlines five important takeaways from a recent case on the grant of Right to Buy leases and the ability to recover service charges.

Jul 10, 2025

Awaab’s Law – implementation of Phase 1

Matthew Lake, Sian Evans and Clare Jones consider the Government’s recent announcements on phase 1 of Awaab’s Law.

Jul 09, 2025

Seven key insights: Lord Justice Birss considers AI in civil justice

Matthew Lee sets out what expert witnesses and housing lawyers must know from the views on AI expressed by the senior judge who is to become Chancellor of the High Court later this year.

Jul 09, 2025

Imperative requirements in homelessness: nuts and bolts on a bumpy roadmap to suitable accommodation

Lindsay Johnson analyses an important Court of Appeal ruling on whether a local housing authority is precluded from determining the suitability of offered accommodation if it has not prepared a lawful section 189A (1) assessment, and the further documentation required by that section.

Jul 09, 2025