Court Report

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XY, Re: welfare deputyship, internet use and the court's ultimate authority

Internet and social media decisions fall outside standard welfare deputyship authority; the Court of Protection retains ultimate best interests jurisdiction regardless of deputy appointment.

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...

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...

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.