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Catch-33: Stringent documentary requirements upheld for legal aid in domestic...
R (on the application of Rights of Women) v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] EWHC 35 (Admin) – read judgment Neil Sheldon and Alasdair Henderson (instructed by The Treasury Solicitor) acted for...
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What price liberty? Damages, DOLS and a cat named Fluffy
On 7 January 2015 District Judge Mort of the Court of Protection approved a £60,000 settlement agreement reached between Essex County Council and Mr P ([2015] EWCOP 1). For a discussion of the case...
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Human rights: a reality check
Most law undergraduates are familiar with Jeremy Bentham’s dismissal of natural rights as “nonsense on stilts”. This is a slight misrepresentation of what he said, which was that “Natural rights is...
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Dogfight continues: Strasbourg not happy with EU Court on accession to ECHR
Unsurprisingly, the Opinion of the EU Court (just before Christmas – my post here) that the proposed accession of the EU to the ECHR on current terms would be unlawful has not gone down well in...
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Appointment to the bench is not a licence for judges to be gratuitously rude...
The target of this barb was the case management style of HHJ Dodds. The author, one of three Judges of Appeal empanelled in Re A (Children) [29 January 2015] (we will have to await a full judgment to...
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“Lamentable”, “egregious” and “wholly indefensible”: High Court lambasts...
Northamptonshire County Council v AS, KS and DS [2015] EWFC 7 - read judgment A Family Division judge has awarded damages under the Human Rights Act against a local authority in what he described as an...
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Foreign nationals who pose a threat to national security may not be deported...
BB, PP, U and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ 9 (23 January 2015) – read judgment This was an appeal by Algerian nationals who had been found by the Special...
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The worrying new anti-terrorism measures that are set to become law – Angela...
Credit: guardian.co.uk The Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill begins its final stages in the House of Lords today. This blog considered the Bill on its introduction to the Lords. In the interim, both...
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Police not liable in negligence to victim of domestic violence, but Article 2...
Michael and others (Appellants) v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police and another (Respondents) [2015] UKSC 2 – read judgment Duncan Fairgrieve of 1 Crown Office Row was part of the team of...
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D v UK exception remains exceptional in medical treatment cases under Article 3
GS (India) and Ors v SSHD [2015] EWCA Civ 40 – read judgment The Court of Appeal has confirmed that foreign nationals may be removed from the UK even where their lives will be drastically shortened...
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This is how to volunteer for the Human Rights Information Project
The Human Rights Information Project (HRIP) is now looking for Project Volunteers. The deadline for applications is 10pm on Thursday 12 February 2015. You can find out more about HRIP here and also...
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When a duty of care does arise in tort – suing Companies House
Sebry v Companies House and The Registrar of Companies [2015] EWHC 115 (QB) – read judgment Paul Rees QC and Neil Sheldon of 1 Crown Office Row represented Companies House in this case. Neither has had...
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Supreme Court of Canada upholds physician-assisted dying
Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 5 (CanLII) 6 February 2015 – read judgment The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a challenge to the constitutionality of the prohibition on assisted...
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DNA sample taken for criminal purposes may not be used for paternity test –...
X & Anor v Z (Children) & Anor [2015] EWCA Civ 34 – read judgment The Court of Appeal has ruled that it would not be lawful for DNA originally collected by the police to be used by a local...
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Supreme Court says Welsh NHS charges Bill in breach of A1P1
Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill: reference by Counsel General for Wales [2015] UKSC 3, 9 February 2015 – read judgment here Sounds like a rather abstruse case, but the...
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Court of Appeal strikes down state immunity rules that prevent embassy...
Benkharbouche & Anor v Embassy of the Republic of Sudan [2015] EWCA Civ 33, 5th February 2015 – read judgment This judgment concerned the conjoined appeals of Ms. Benkharbouche and Ms. Janah which...
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Critics of Islam prevented from entering UK to attend Lee Rigby rally
Geller and another, R (on the application of) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWCA Civ – read judgment This short case involves the old dilemma of public order law: whether it...
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The Investigatory Powers Tribunal and the rule of law – Natasha Simonsen
Liberty & Ors v GCHQ [2015] UKIPTrib 13_77-H (6 February 2015) – read judgment Despite being hailed as an ‘historic victory in the age-old battle for the right to privacy and free expression’,...
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Sir Robert Francis’ Review of Whistleblowing Processes in the NHS – Joanna...
It has long been recognised that enabling healthcare professionals to speak up about concerns at work is a key element of the promotion of patient safety. The Final Report of the Freedom to Speak Up...
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Slaves, animals and Lord Mansfield
A fascinating riff has been playing around the London Review of Books since Stephen Sedley (erstwhile Sedley LJ) reviewed a biography of the 18th century judge Lord Mansfield – here - part £, but the...
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