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Nicholas Randall QC acts for Hull City in successful landmark challenge
Nicholas Randall QC acted for Hull City in successful landmark challenge to the decision of the FA Council to refuse the Club’s application to change its playing name to Hull Tigers. Hull City have succeeded in quashing the decision of the FA Council to refuse its application to change the Club’s playing name to Hull […]
Inquest into overdose death at leading London psychiatric hospital finds systematic failures by medical staff
A jury at the inquest into the death of a 39-year-old father of two, from Croydon who died whilst under section at Bethlem Royal Hospital, a psychiatric hospital in Beckenham, South London, has found that ‘systematic failures in training and procedure’ by medical staff contributed to his death. The inquest began on 2 March and […]
High Court holds Lord Chancellors Guidance on Funding for Inquests to be unlawful
Joanna Letts sought legal aid to be represented at an inquest into her brother’s death, who committed suicide following his discharge from a psychiatric hospital. Joanna was refused legal aid and challenged that decision, together with the lawfulness of the Lord Chancellor’s Guidance on funding representation at inquests. The Legal Aid Agency conceded the claim, […]
Water and sewerage companies are required to provide environmental information to the public (which they have previously refused
Fish Legal, the legal arm of the Angling Trust had asked United Utilities Water plc and Yorkshire Water Services Ltd for information relating to discharges, clean-up operations and emergency overflow from their sewage works. The companies denied that they were under a duty to provide the information under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (SI No 3391) […]
Fifteen members of Matrix appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s new Panel of Preferred Counsel
Congratulations to fifteen members of Matrix that have been appointed to the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s new Panel of Preferred Counsel. Their appointments will commence on 2 March 2015 and will last four years. The Matrix members that have been appointed are: A PANEL Alex Bailin QC Aidan O’Neill QC (Scot) (in both England & Wales […]