X & Y v Hounslow LBC [2009] EWCA Civ 286 held that a local authority did not, for the purposes of the law of negligence, owe a “duty of care” to two vulnerable adults to take steps to prevent them from suffering abuse in the community in which they lived. The claim was brought by X [...]

In SCA Packaging Ltd v Boyle [2009] UKHL 37 the House of Lords took an issue of statutory interpretation by what is meant by the word ‘likely’ in the Disability Discrimination Act 1995? In particular Sch 1 para 6(1) on the effects of treatment, i.e. that it is to be ignored if, in its absence, [...]

The case of Stringer v HM Revenue and Customs concerned whether workers are entitled to be paid annual leave during long-term sick leave.  The Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal agreed with the claimants in Stringer.  These decisions were overturned by the Court of Appeal when HMRC appealed. A further appeal saw the matter at [...]

Darren Sylvester has put in to a podcast an article that was written for the ICLR Newsletter in 2005 in respect of their Lordships’ judgments in A and others v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and X & another v. Secretary of State  for the Home Department [2004] UKHL 56, 16th December 2004.