A landmark court ruling means that legal permission will no longer be needed before life-support treatment is withdrawn from patients with severely debilitating illnesses in England and Wales.
Three non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have largely succeeded in a judicial review application against the UK government over variations to the rules capping costs in environmental cases.
Legal challenge to confidence and supply arrangement
2017
In June’s edition we featured an article on an anticipated legal challenge to the Conservative government’s parliamentary pact with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).