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Help me find the 50 human rights cases absolutely everyone needs to know about
Followers of the blog will know I am developing a new initiative, the Human Rights Information Project (HRIP). The aim is to radically rethink the way we communicate about human rights. I need some...
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CA supports anonymity orders in personal injury approval hearings
JX MX (by her mother and litigation friend AX MX) v. Dartford & Gravesham NHS Trust [2015] EWCA Civ 96, 17 February 2015 – read judgment Elizabeth Anne Gumbel QC and Henry Whitcomb of 1COR...
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Joshua Rozenberg resigned Telegraph post after editors sexed up human rights...
On yesterday’s Newsnight (from 7 minutes 20 seconds in), Britain’s foremost legal commentator Joshua Rozenberg revealed that he resigned as the Telegraph’s legal editor in 2007 after the news desk...
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President of Family Division inveighs against social engineering in adoption...
In the matter of A (A Child) v Darlington Borough Council and (1) M (2) F (3) GM and GF and (4) A (by his children’s guardian) [2015] EWFC 11 (“Re A”) – read judgment In a scathing judgment, the...
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No entitlement to human rights damages after ‘caste discrimination’ case...
Photo via Guardian.co.uk Begraj v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] EWHC 250 (QB) – Read judgment Adam Wagner acted for the Secretary of State in this case. He is not the author of this post. The...
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“Keep our kids safe from predators” FB page on the rampage again
CG v Facebook Ireland & Another [2015] NIQB 11 (20 February 2015) – read judgment The plaintiff was a former sex offender who had been identified on a Facebook page run by the second defendant...
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Supreme Court – the right to be on the beach
The Queen (on the application of Newhaven Port and Properties Limited) v East Sussex County Council and Newhaven Town Council [2015] SC 7 25 February 2015- read judgment Late February is not...
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One more day to nominate the human rights cases absolutely everyone should...
Nominations close tomorrow (Friday) at 5pm for the human rights cases which absolutely everyone should know about. Full guidelines below – please feel free to nominate as many as 50 or as few as 1...
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Court of Appeal rules on police duty to suspects in detention – Diarmuid Laffan
Zenati v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and another [2015] EWCA Civ 80 – read judgment Matthew Donmall appeared for the Crown Prosecution Service in this case. He had nothing to do with the...
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The Return of the Round-up!
After a brief hiatus, the Human Rights Round-up is back. Our new team of expert summarisers – Hannah Lynes, Alex Wessely and Laura Profumo – is installed and ready to administer your regular dose of UK...
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Public protest, private rights
John Catt. Photo credit: The Guardian R (Catt) and R (T) v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2015] UKSC 9 A majority of the Supreme Court has held that the retention by police of information on...
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Article 11 and the Met’s “pay to protest” proposal
Photo credit: The Guardian A number of campaigning groups were recently informed by the Metropolitan Police that Scotland Yard would no longer provide traffic management at their planned...
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Removal of clothing by police and Article 8 ECHR – Court of Appeal expresses...
Patricia Davies (by her mother and litigation friend Zelda Davies) v Chief Constable of Merseyside [2015] EWCA Civ 114 – read judgment The Court of Appeal has considered the compatibility with Article...
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Court of Appeal gives further guidance on Article 8 in immigration cases –...
Singh and Khalid v SSHD [2015] EWCA Civ 74 – read judgment These two appeals concern the assessment of article 8 ECHR claims in immigration cases. It is an important addition to the current cases on...
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Supreme Court reverses informed consent ruling: Sidaway is dead
Montgomery v. Lanarkshire Health Board [2015] UKSC 11, 11 March 2015 – read judgments here James Badenoch QC of 1COR was for the mother in this case. He played no part in the writing of this post. An...
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An update on my new human rights project, RightsInfo
An update on my new human rights project, RightsInfo. You may have noticed the name change. The Human Rights Information Project is no more. A bit of a mouthful. So, RightsInfo. More importantly, we...
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“High-minded tosh”– the current brouhaha about the Magna Carta
Let’s apply some hard history to the 13th century charter governing the obligations flowing between King John and his barons, or at least read the thing (translation here). So says Lord Sumption in a...
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The Round-up: Fee hikes, JR funding and the death of Sidaway
Photo credit: Guardian Alex Wessely brings us the latest edition of the Human Rights Round-up In the news Planned increases in court fees have been given the green light after successfully clearing the...
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Supreme Court splits the baby over the benefit cap – Mike Spencer
R(on the application of SG and others (previously JS and others)) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2015] UKSC 16 – read judgment The Supreme Court was sharply divided yesterday over whether...
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Transparency in the Court of Protection: press should be allowed names
A healthcare NHS Trust v P & Q [2015] EWCOP (13 March 2015) – read judgment The Court of Protection has clarified the position on revealing the identity of an incapacitated adult where reporting...
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