Blog — 08 September 2016

FOIA and commercial interests: lessons from Zola

The Court of Appeal’s judgment in Department for Work and Pensions v Information Commissioner and Zola [2016] EWCA Civ 758 (‘Zola’) provides an authoritative restatement of key freedom of information…

Blog — 30 August 2016

Good Thinking Society’s successful challenge to NHS homeopathy

In a blog for Science Based Medicine, Bindmans’ client Good Thinking Society writes about the first successful challenge to NHS funded homeopathy.

Blog — 26 August 2016

What’s more difficult than decommissioning nuclear reactors? Ten Lessons from the recent judgment in Energysolutions EU Limited v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

Jamie Potter analyses the lessons to be learned from the recent procurement law decision in Energysolutions EU Limited v Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, in this blog published by Thomson Reuters. One…

Blog — 05 August 2016

Parliament should decide – three good reasons to back the People’s Challenge on Article 50

The most important constitutional case of a generation began somewhat inauspiciously this Summer when a Spanish hairdresser, Dier Dos Santos, issued an urgent claim seeking judicial review of the decision…

Blog — 04 August 2016

Public Image: Private Disgrace - how to limit damage at the very outset of a crisis

The International Olympic Committee is yet again facing public outcry and intense criticism over its response to the doping crisis and Russian athletes. In a statement the IOC said it…

Blog — 28 July 2016

California and Canada introduce new medically assisted dying laws

In June 2016, California became the fifth US state, alongside Washington, Oregon, Montana and Vermont, to allow physician-assisted suicide (PAS) when its 2015 End of Life Option Act came into…