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Secretary of State for the Home Department v AB: subjective fear and the limits of deportation appeals

Deportation, Article 8, and the weight of subjective fear in relocation assessments

Zinda v Ark Schools: fraud claim to set aside judgement fails where evidence was always in claimant's possession

Setting aside a judgement for fraud requires new evidence, conscious dishonesty, and materiality — none of which were established here.

Re A, B and C: Court of Appeal upholds mother as perpetrator of non-accidental fracture in care proceedings

Witness credibility and delayed medical attention central to perpetrator finding

Aksahin v London Borough of Enfield: passengers, car cruising injunctions and contempt of court

A passenger in a car cruising vehicle can be found in contempt of court even where they claim to have discouraged the driver, and good service of an injunction against persons unknown is sufficient to fix a defendant with knowledge of its terms.

Heidrych v District Court in Bydgoszcz: fugitivity, delay and the Article 8 balance in extradition proceedings

Renewed application for permission to appeal refused where six-year certification delay did not displace public interest in extradition.

Roberts v Severn Trent Water: when does section 18(8) of the Water Industry Act 1991 bar competition claims?

A class representative's competition claim against six water companies is barred where the alleged abuse of dominance cannot be separated from a breach of licence conditions under the Water Industry Act 1991.

Kay v Martineau Johnson: when does time begin to run under section 14A for solicitor negligence claims?

A claimant's dissatisfaction with a settlement does not, without more, start the limitation clock.

Bingyan Lin & Zechao Huang v SSHD: EUSS closure and the limits of Article 14 protection

High Court dismisses judicial review by Chinese nationals refused settlement under the European Union Settlement Scheme.