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- The Jermaine Baker Public Inquiry - Report published
- Melvyn Harris succeeds in getting claims of unfair dismissal and age discrimination brought over a year out of time allowed to proceed
- Prime Minister sets the Terms of Reference for the Covid Inquiry
- Guildford Pub Bombings Inquests start
- Important new case on when public authorities owe a duty of care
- BVI Commission of Inquiry – implementation of recommendations
- Jonathan Landau successful in false imprisonment jury trial, with costs awarded in full against the Claimant
- Alan Payne QC, Jason Beer QC, Amy Clarke and Bobby Talalay appear in the Court of Appeal in case concerning retention of acquittal information
- Bobby Talalay successful in false imprisonment and trespass jury trial
- Aaron Moss delivers training session on data protection and privacy litigation at the APL (Association of Police Lawyers) Conference
- Baroness Hallett proposes changes to the Covid-19 Inquiry Terms of Reference following consultation
- PC Kareem, Big Brother Nigeria misconduct hearing concludes
- UK Government officially withdraws its refugee pushback policy, following legal challenge
- Gaia Pope inquest commences
- The High Court has handed down judgment striking out damages claims against a police force valued in excess of £30million
- 5 Essex Court welcomes Sarah Taylor
- Olivia Checa-Dover appears in recent Article 2 inquest
- David Messling appears in High Court decision on the meaning of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991
- John Goss and Robert Cohen appear in jury inquest into a death in custody.
- Brook House Inquiry public hearings conclude
- Anne Studd QC appears as special guest in recent Shoosmith’s podcast about the upcoming Covid-19 Inquiry
- Sarah Dobbie co-authors The Joint Opinion for the Good Law Project.
- Supporting Ukraine in this time of crisis
- Emma Price is published in Counsel magazine
- Amy Clarke appears on behalf of charity in significant inquest examining the risk of harm posed by gambling disorder
- Alastair Hodge acts for employer in successfully arguing “no dismissal” of employee in the Employment Appeal Tribunal in Fentem v. Outform EMEA Ltd.
- John Goss appears in significant High Court decision on the principle in Parker
- Daniel Hobbs appears as counsel for South Yorkshire Police in misconduct proceedings arising out of the Rotherham Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) scandal
- The Court of Appeal recently handed down judgment in child abduction Hague Convention case
- Alan Payne QC and Remi Reichhold act in a judicial review challenge concerning the seizure of phones from migrants
- 5 Essex Court scores an A* for colleague supportiveness in recent survey by Legal Cheek
- AB v British Transport Police
- Jason Beer QC and Catriona Hodge appear as Counsel to the Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry
- Third six applications open
- Sharipov & ors v the Director General of the IOPC, the Chief Constable of Merseyside Police & ors: the High Court dismisses nine judicial review renewal applications and makes a General Civil Restrain
- Jason Beer QC appeared for the Secretary of State for Transport in a significant new case concerning re-investigations by coroners
- 5 Essex Court shortlisted for Legal Cheek Awards 2022
- Amy Clarke secures dismissal of two senior police officers in high profile misconduct proceedings
- 5 Essex Court’s Inquests Authorities Index - January 2022 Edition
- Chief Constable of Avon & Somerset Police v Eckland: Court of Appeal judgement concludes that status quo remains
- R(RD) v (1) Secretary of State for Justice and (2) NPCC: Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal
- Amy Clarke secures dismissal without notice of a police officer who established a sexual relationship with a vulnerable member of the public
- East London Inquests jury returns verdict
- R(W80) v IOPC: Supreme Court grants permission to appeal
- Jason Beer QC in Divisional Court on application for new inquest
- First Pre-Inquest Reviews in Inquests into shootings in Plymouth
- 5 Essex Court welcomes Zander Goss
- Peter Taheri appointed as Assistant Coroner for Suffolk
- Chief Constable of Avon & Somerset Police v Eckland – in the Court of Appeal
- Brook House Inquiry public hearings commence
- Trevor Smith Inquest finds police shooting was a lawful killing
- Saara Idelbi appointed a Fee-paid Judge of the First-Tier Tribunal
- Jonathan Dixey acts for the MHRA in inquest arising from COVID-19 vaccine
- Victoria von Wachter represented Hampshire Police in a police disciplinary hearing
- The Data Brief – website launched
- 5 Essex Court welcomes Olivia Checa-Dover
- Specialist police officers lose claim for tens of £million for overtime payments and allowances
- Alan Payne QC and Saara Idelbi appear for the SSHD in judicial review of asylum support payments
- Inquests into the deaths of four men killed by Stephen Port – commencing 5th October
- Legal 500 2022
- 10,000 Black Interns
- Jason Beer QC, Francesca Whitelaw and Georgina Wolfe appear in the Pre-Inquest Review hearing for the Inquest into the Death of Dawn Sturgess
- How can the care sector be ready for LPS?
- “The Data Brief” - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 5
- New Appointments to the Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel
- John Goss and Aaron Moss successfully resist Environmental Information Regulations 2004 appeal by Committee for Climate Change about the cost of ‘Net Zero’
- Bilal Rawat, Francesca Whitelaw, Alice Meredith & Aaron Moss appear in the Inquest into the death of Sudesh Amman (Streatham Terror Attack)
- “The Data Brief” - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 4
- Dan Hobbs is featured in the New Law Journal as a ‘Mover and Shaker’ after publication of the 6th Edition of The Employment Tribunals Handbook - Practice, Procedure and Strategies for Success
- 5 Essex Court’s Inquest Authorities Index Update
- Alan Payne QC represented the Secretary of State in lead Divisional Court case challenging the lawfulness of reunification guidance of unaccompanied minors with relatives in the UK
- We are recruiting
- “Inequality of arms?” - Jonathan Landau considers key proposals for reforming the Coroner Service for New Law Journal
- Alex Ustych successfully represents the Secretary of State for Justice in leading case on the management of transgender prisoners
- Amy Clarke secures dismissal without notice of police sergeant who established an inappropriate relationship and engaged in intimate physical touching of a junior colleague
News Archive
- Sarah Dobbie & Conor Monighan join Chambers
- “The Data Brief” - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 3
- Book Publication: The Employment Tribunals Handbook: Practice, Procedure and Strategies for Success
- Mark Thomas, Cicely Hayward and Peter Laverack appear in the inquest touching upon the death of Katie Locke
- Alan Payne QC and Saara Idelbi succeed in judicial review against the decision of the First-tier Tribunal (Social Entitlement Chamber)
- Clerking Team Leader Paul Read Retires
- Jason Beer QC and Catriona Hodge appointed Counsel to the Inquiry in new public inquiry
- Jermaine Baker Inquiry – begins evidence
- Judgment handed down in significant Article 2 Inquest: R (Morahan) v HM Assistant Coroner for West London [2021] EWHC 1603 (Admin)
- Claire Palmer appears in the Inquest into the death of Angela Best
- “The Data Brief” - 5 Essex Court’s monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 2
- Fishmongers’ Hall Inquests: Jury rules that victims were ‘unlawfully killed’
- Ballymurphy Coroner rules innocent Deceased killed by military fire in August 1971 – Anne Studd QC acted for M167
- Anne Studd QC and Amy Clarke appear in The Times Law section today discussing the need for enforceable national standards for better air quality
- John Goss secures dismissal without notice of MPS officer who used excessive force against vulnerable teenager
- “The Data Brief” - 5 Essex Court’s monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 1
- Amy Clarke appears for Chief Constable of South Wales Police in successful defence of judicial review challenging the retention of acquittal information on the Police National Computer
- Barney Branston appears for West Midlands Police in gross misconduct case involving inappropriate behaviour to Domestic Abuse victims
- Anne Studd QC represented the Greater Manchester Police is an application for habeas corpus arising from the implementation of the additional measures provisions
- Amy Clarke represents Humberside Police at cross bow shooting inquest - the inquest into the death of Shane Gilmer
- Remi Reichhold appears in the Administrative Court for the Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police in a judicial review challenge concerning the referral of police complaints to the IOPC
- Peter Taheri appears as Counsel to the Inquest in the first Pre-Inquest Review hearing of the Inquest into the death of Corrie McKeague
- Jason Beer QC, Fiona Barton QC, Samantha Leek QC, Francesca Whitelaw, Georgina Wolfe, Aaron Moss & Jennifer Wright commence Fishmongers Hall Inquests
- Jason Beer QC, Francesca Whitelaw and Georgina Wolfe appear in the Pre-Inquest Review hearing of the Inquest into the Death of Dawn Sturgess
- High Court ruling on consultation requirement for civil injunctions: R(AM) v Chief Constable of West Midlands Police [2021] EWHC 796 (Admin)
- Anne Studd QC represents the Mayor of London as “Voice for London” in the Grenfell Tower Inquiry.
- Bilal Rawat, Francesca Whitelaw & Aaron Moss appear in the second Pre-Inquest Review hearing of the Inquest into the death of Sudesh Amman
- Robert Cohen appointed as an Assistant Coroner
- Alan Payne QC and John Goss commended for ‘high professional standards’ by UK Supreme Court in significant case relating to asylum seekers and parental abduction
- Charlotte Ventham and Georgina Wolfe contribute to new practitioner text, National Security Law (OUP) published today
- Alan Payne QC and Aaron Moss instructed in on-going investigation into the death of Stuart Lubbock who died in 2001 whilst at a party in Michael Barrymore’s house
- Charlotte Ventham sworn in as Recorder of the Crown Court
- Alan Payne QC and Saara Idelbi appear in the Administrative Court for the Home Secretary in a case concerning the provision of accommodation to failed asylum seekers
- Report in the Magnox Inquiry published
- Alex Ustych represents the Secretary of State for Justice in Divisional Court case on the management of transgender prisoners
- Alan Payne QC and John Goss appear for Home Secretary in UK Supreme Court in significant case relating to asylum seekers and parental abduction
- Victoria von Wachter successfully defends discrimination claim relating to diabetic Firearms Officer and Response Driver
- Police Officer given final warning after tasering mentally ill man 9 times
- Jason Beer QC and Bobby Talalay appear in the Divisional Court for the NPCC in significant case concerning policy regarding retention of conviction records
- Bobby Talalay represents the MPS in significant Upper Tribunal appeal, which defines the scope of s.23(5) FOIA 2000
- 5 Essex Court voted one of the best Chambers for quality of work and training
- Can care homes force their staff to have the Covid vaccine? - Victoria von Wachter comments for Care Home
- Bilal Rawat appointed as counsel to BVI Commission of Inquiry
- “Covid-19: Can employers force staff to have the vaccine?” Victoria von Wachter writes for Employment Law Journal
- Jason Beer QC and Charlotte Ventham succeed in damages appeal in Court of Appeal
- Victoria von Wachter successfully defends Total Gas & Power against a claim of race discrimination following Ice-T dispute
- “Boots ban on male staff wearing shorts discriminatory, judge rules” - John-Paul Waite comments for The Telegraph
- High profile misconduct hearing reaches conclusion
- Melvyn Harris comments for the Telegraph regarding employment rights following the roll out of the Covid-19 vaccine
- Covid Vaccinations, Capacity and Care Homes - Jonathan Landau writes for The Carer
- Bilal Rawat, Cicely Hayward & Aaron Moss appear in the first Pre-Inquest Review hearing of the Inquest into the death of Sudesh Amman
- Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah makes legal history as first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as a cause of death – Alan Payne QC appeared on behalf of DEFRA at the Inquest
- Judgement released in the civil claim arising from the Hyde Park Bombings - Anne Studd QC acts as Leading Counsel
- “Britons to miss out on £2.4bn worth of holiday days” - Dan Hobbs comments for The Telegraph
- Search warrants: time for reform - Jonathan Dixey writes for Police Professional
- Melvyn Harris: Can an employer compel its employees to have a Covid 19 vaccination?
- Alan Payne QC appears in first UK Inquest to consider whether “air pollution” may have been a possible cause of death
- 5 Essex Court welcomes new tenant Jonathan Landau
- Victoria von Wachter litigates ‘Ice-T’ employment claim concerning alleged racial discrimination
- Harry Dunn judicial review: Jason Beer QC appears for Northamptonshire Police
- Rob Harland represents the families in 5 conjoined inquests linked to defective Beko gas cookers
- The Decision from the Supreme Court in Maughan : Significant Ramifications for Coroners and Practitioners
- IICSA publishes its report on the Roman Catholic Church
- Alan Payne QC & Rob Harland appear for the Government in Supreme Court case reviewing substantive/procedural fairness principles
- Reviewing coronial decisions on Article 2: a definitive Divisional Court decision on the correct approach of the Court
- Jason Beer QC and Bobby Talalay appear in the Court of Appeal for the NPCC in significant case concerning police recruitment
- Members of Chambers appear at the first hearing of the Fishmongers’ Hall Inquests
- Jonathan Dixey appointed as an Assistant Coroner
- IICSA Investigation into institutional responses to allegations of Child Sexual Abuse involving the late Lord Janner of Braunstone Q.C.
- Jason Beer QC and Robert Cohen appear in significant case concerning police misconduct
- Charlotte Ventham appointed Recorder of the Crown Court
- Bobby Talalay represents the MPS in a data retention judicial review concerning the Prevent duty
- ‘An excellent set with a stellar reputation’ – 5 Essex Court ranked as top tier set for Inquests & Inquiries and Police Law
- Brook House Inquiry: first preliminary hearing
- ‘Care homes banning visitors to keep residents safe could face litigation due to breach of human rights’ - Rob Harland comments for Care Home
- Alan Payne QC and John Goss appear for Home Secretary in Court of Appeal in significant case relating to asylum seekers and parental abduction
- Jason Beer QC and Peter Laverack called to the Bar of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and succeed in appeal to the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal
- Is there a future for automatic facial recognition? Fiona Barton QC writes for Police Professional
- Inquiry into the Manchester Arena Bombings commences
- Chambers welcomes new pupils – Sarah Dobbie and Conor Monighan
- Significant new report on reform of major inquests and inquiries
- Council employees who have been shielding could be docked pay if they refuse to return to work - Alastair Hodge comments for The MJ
- Francesca Whitelaw and Alex Ustych successfully promoted on the Attorney General’s Panel
- Anne Studd QC comments for The Telegraph regarding the use of facial recognition technology by police forces following important ruling in R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police
- Court of Appeal gives important judgment concerning the use of facial recognition technology by the police service
- Bilal Rawat appears for the Crown Prosecution Service at inquest into death of Caroline Flack
- Third issue of 5 Essex Court’s Insight: Inquests and Inquiries published
- Jason Beer QC to give evidence to Parliamentary Select Committee in relation to the response to Coronavirus
- Alan Payne QC and Aaron Moss act for Claimants in pornography age verification JR
- Jason Beer QC appointed a Deputy High Court Judge
- Alan Payne QC and John Goss appear in landmark Court of Appeal case regarding confidentiality of information provided by refugees
- Jason Beer QC and Robert Cohen in Court of Appeal challenge concerning police misconduct regime
- Jennifer Wright joins 5 Essex Court
- Jason Beer QC and Francesca Whitelaw appear in the Court of Appeal in the first case to consider the use of facial recognition technology by the police service
- ‘Inquests, Care Home Residents and Medical Negligence’ - Emma Price writes for the The Carer
- Jason Beer QC appears in Harry Dunn case
- Aaron Moss features in ‘Edward Fennell’s Legal Diary’ to discuss the legalities of the introduction of ‘Test and Trace’
- Amy Clarke writes for The Clinical Services Journal to discuss the legal implications regarding PPE shortages
- Emma Price quoted in New Law Journal regarding significant ruling on the duties of care homes
- Inquests, care home residents, and medical negligence: Court of Appeal determines the limits of Article 2 in important new decision
Events
- The Sofa Series | The Law Commission Proposals for Employment Tribunal Reform – how will these impact on you and your clients? | Victoria von Wachter and Alice Meredith
- “Privacy Ethics and the Law” with Facebook’s UK Public Policy Manager - Karim Palant
- APL Autumn Conference 2018
- APL Spring Conference 2018
- Are legal frameworks able to protect us from surveillance in the 21st century?
- Automatic Facial Recognition Technology - with Facewatch UK
- Getting Under the Skin of the GDPR
- Information Law - Select Series Seminar
- Inquest Conference Leeds 2019
- Inquest Conference London 2019
- Police Law Conference
- Public Law Algorithms: A Practical Introduction for Lawyers and Decision-Makers
- Sitting down with… Legal Cheek - Applying for pupillage in the age of Coronavirus
- Sofa Series Special - Police Law Conference
- The Sofa Series - ‘Sitting down with… Taylor Vinters and Tough Cookie’ - Managing Wellbeing and Mental Resilience in Lockdown and the ‘New Normal’
- The Sofa Series | ‘Sitting down with… BDB Pitmans’ | Data Protection: from best practice to damage limitation
- The Sofa Series | A Guide to Stalking Protection Orders and Knife Crime Prevention Orders | Anne Studd QC and Molly Joyce
- The Sofa Series | Ep 1 | The Coronavirus Bill and the powers of the State
- The Sofa Series | Ep 2: Employment Law Issues and COVID-19
- The Sofa Series | Ep 3: Coronavirus Regulations: Policing the Restrictions
- The Sofa Series | Ep 4 | A Whistle-Stop Tour of the New Police Misconduct Regime | Simon Walsh & Bobby Talalay
- The Sofa Series | Ep 4 | Information Law: Morrison Supermarkets and other recent cases | Alex Ustych, Aaron Moss & John Goss
- The Sofa Series | Vicarious Liability: Where are we now? | Richard Oulton and Robert Cohen
- The Sofa Series… sitting down with DLA Piper - Inquests, care home residents, and medical negligence: ‘Maguire’ and the limits of Article 2
- Women in Law Summit 2018
Publications
- Insight Issue 5
- Five from 5 - Issue 34
- ‘The Data Brief’ - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 12
- ‘The Data Brief’ - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 11
- ‘The Data Brief’ - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 10
- Welcome back to Five from 5 - Issue 33
- Police Law Update Issue 47
- ‘The Data Brief’ - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 9
- ‘The Data Brief’ - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 8
- The Employment Tribunals Handbook: Practice, Procedure and Strategies for Success
- “The Data Brief” - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 7
- “The Data Brief” - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 6
- Police Law Update - Issue 46
- “The Data Brief” - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 5
- Police Law Update Edition 45
- “The Data Brief” - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 4
- “The Data Brief” - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 3
- “The Data Brief” - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 2
- “The Data Brief” - Monthly Data Protection Bulletin - Issue 1
- Insight Issue 4 - Maughan Special Edition - Inquests & Inquiries Newsletter
- The Employment Tribunals Handbook: Practice, Procedure and Strategies for Success
- Public Inquiries
- Public Inquiries
- Insight Issue 3
- Police Law Update Edition 44
- Insight Issue 2
- Police Law Update
- Insight: Inquests and Inquiries
- Five from 5
- Essential Law and Practical Guidance for Police and Crime Commissioners
- Path to Pupillage
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