Law and religion round-up – 29th July

IICSA grinds on, the UKSC rejects “no-fault” divorce, vicarious liability resurfaces and the CJEU grapples with the customs tariff on hearses…

IICSA hearing 

The public hearing of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) on the Peter Ball case study took place 23 – 27 July 2018. The week’s proceedings comprised: live evidence from 17 witnesses; 118 statements; 6,900 live streams via YouTube; 5 days, 27.5 hours of content; 53,000 pages of the material disclosed to Core Participants – and reached 310,000 users on Twitter. The transcripts of the proceedings and other documents, including a Schedule of Convictions and Allegations against Peter Ball, are available here and videos will be added in due course.  Continue reading