A serial litigant, who has repeatedly advanced “baseless allegations of bad faith and dishonesty”, has now been banned from bringing claims in the High Court for two years.
The Criminal Bar Association has agreed to a “no returns” policy starting 11 April in response to a lack of government action over criminal legal aid fees.
The Covid-19 pandemic has made measures such as social distancing mandatory, resulting in a sudden reduction in face-to-face hearings and an implementation of Remote Hearings. These changes were part of a long arduous process of bringing the Courts into the 21st century, shifting from paper-based to a digital system, as part of the Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals (HMCTS) Reform Programme. This crisis initiated real progress and did what various initiatives previously could not.
Lord Neuberger, former president of the Supreme Court, has criticised proposals included in the Judicial Review and Courts Bill. He declared, at Public Law Project’s annual conference, that “the argument that the government is concerned to protect judges from being criticised for being political is a convenient but unconvincing argument.”
The Government has launched an examination into the reformation and restriction of judicial review proceedings, aiming to limit the public’s ability to challenge the Government’s decisions.
On Tuesday 23 June the Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland QC indicated that legislation could be passed that would allow trial without a jury in England and Wales.
Johnny Depp is suing News Group Newspapers (owner of The Sun) and its executive editor for libel after describing him in an article as an abusive husband in 2018.
A legal challenge against the government-led lockdown, headed by businessman Simon Dolan, came before the High Court on 2nd July.
The UK’s three biggest airlines, British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair, have filed a High Court action for judicial review against the government over the introduction of its 14-day post-travel quarantine policy.
With the economic difficulties many companies are facing, redundancies are inevitable, but letting staff go via Zoom or other video conferencing services could open up employers to claims of unfair dismissal.