18 April Case Updates DSN v Blackpool Football Club Limited [2020] EWHC 595 (QB), 2020 WL 01234791 Historic, Child abuse, Limitation Relevance: Historical child abuse Topic: Limitation
1 March Case Updates Dempsey v Government of the United States of America [2020] EWHC 603 (Admin), 2020 WL 01235532 Criminal, Extradition case Relevance: Criminal Topic: Extradition
1 March Case Updates Roddis v The Queen [2020] EWCA Crim 396, 2020 WL 01250413 Admissibility, Autistic spectrum disorder, Evidence on appeal Relevance: Crime Topic: Autistic spectrum disorder and mens rea Admissibility of evidence on appeal
1 March Case Updates Leafrealm Land Limited v The City of Edinburgh Council [2020] CSOH 34, 2020 WL 01290090 General, Oral testimoney, Report drafting, Surveying, Methodology Relevance: General Surveying Topic: Methodology Report drafting Independence Oral testimony
1 March Case Updates A Clinical Commissioning Group v AF [2020] EWCOP 16, 2020 WL 01494079 Capacity cases, Best interest “Avoiding a macabre experiment” Relevance: Capacity cases Topics: Best interests
1 March Case Updates FXF v Ampleforth Abbey Trustees [2020] EWHC 791 (QB), 2020 WL 01663316 Historic, Child abuse, Limitation, Causation “The Savile effect” Relevance: Historic child abuse Topics: Limitation Causation
1 March Case Updates Walaszczyk v Regional Court of Law in Czestochowa, Poland [2020] EWHC 849 (Admin), 2020 WL 01695206 Extradition case, Mental disorder, Threshold level Relevance: Extradition cases Topic: Threshold level of mental disorder necessary to prevent extradition
1 March Case Updates General Medical Council v Zafar [2020] EWHC 846 (Admin), [2020] 4 WLUK 134 General, Impartiality, Dishonesty “Factory work” Relevance: General Topic: Impartiality Dishonesty
1 March Case Updates University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust v MB [2020] EWHC 882 (QB), [2020] 4 WLUK 117 Admissibility, Expert evidence, Inpatient Care Relevance: Bed management cases Topic: Discharge of inpatient no longer in need of inpatient care Admissibility of expert evidence Nature of case: An NHS trust brought a claim for possession and applied for an interim injunction against a patient.
1 March Case Updates McLennan v General Medical Council [2020] CSIH 12 [2020] 4 WLUK 119 Covert recording, Report drafting, Consultation, Doctor “Trust me, I’m a doctor” Relevance: General. Topic: Report drafting (accuracy). Covert audio recording of consultation