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Car crash Euro-damages against government upheld by CA
Delaney v. Secretary of State for Transport, Court of Appeal, 9 March 2015 – read judgment The Court of Appeal has recently upheld the decision of Jay J here that a drug-dealer was entitled to...
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The true statistics behind judicial review’s success rates
Avid readers of the legal press may have spotted the eye-catching statistic that in 2014 a meagre 1% of claims for judicial review were successful. The figure is derived from the statement in the MOJ’s...
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How to sue in respect of abusive comments on the Internet
The Bussey Law Firm PC & Anor v Page [2015] EWHC 563 (QB) – read judgment The facts of this case are simple. A defamatory comment was posted on the claimant’s Google maps directional page, implying...
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The Tale of the Black Spider: The Supreme Court speaks
Photo credit: The Guardian Matthew Flinn And so, the long legal saga of the Black Spider Letters finally comes to a close. I last blogged about this case back in October 2012. At that time, the...
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War inside the court room
Al-Saadoon & Ors v Secretary of State for Defence [2015] EWHC 715 – read judgment The High Court has ruled that the ECHR applies to situations where Iraqi civilians were shot during security...
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Grayling’s legacy, naked rambling and the benefits cap: It’s the Round-up!
Laura Profumo brings us up to speed with the latest human rights happenings. In the News “It seems hard to believe that Grayling will remain Lord Chancellor for long”. Joshua Rozenberg delivered a...
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Is the New Zealand Parliament about to drop commitment to the rule of law?
The New Zealand Parliament seems about to drop that country’s commitment to the rule of law from the Act underpinning the judicial branch. Retiring Supreme Court judge (and former Solicitor-General)...
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Google’s misuse of private browsing data entitles individuals to damages –...
Google Inc v Vidal-Hall and others [2015] EWCA Civ 311 (27 March 2015) - read judgment This case concerned the misuse of private information by an internet provider based in the United States. Google...
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The Supreme Court on statelessness, EU citizenship and proportionality
Pham v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] UKSC 19 – read judgment Angus McCullough Q.C. and Shaheen Rahman from 1COR acted as Special Advocates earlier in these proceedings. They had...
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On fairness, elephants and principle – Michael Rhimes
Procedural fairness is a bit like an elephant. It is difficult to define in abstract, but you know a fair procedure when you see one. So Lawton LJ put it in Maxwell v Department of Trade [1974] QB...
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CIA Interrogations: what have we learned in the UK?
When late last year the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence published parts of its 6,700 page report on the CIA’s detention and interrogation programme, it shed light – remarkable light – on how...
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The Round-up: Black Spiders and Superhero Jurisdictions
Ms Apata with her partner, Happiness Agboro. Photo credit: The Independent Hannah Lynes brings us the latest edition of the Human Rights Round-up In the news A challenge brought against a Home Office...
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RightsInfo UPDATE… how to get to the launch party and other news
Just a quick update on RightsInfo, my new human rights information project. As you can see, we now have a logo. The design is a clue to the look and feel of the site – all will be revealed when we...
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Why we should see Andrew Lansley’s diary in the run up to 2011 NHS reforms
Department of Health v. Information Commissioner et al [2015] UKUT 159, 30 March 2015, Charles J read judgment Simon Lewis requested that the Department of Health supply him with copies of the...
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‘Killer Robots’ and ‘Conversion Therapies’– The Human Rights Round-up
This week’s Round-up is brought to you by Alex Wessely. In the news: Military chiefs have criticised the influence of Human Rights law in a report published this week, arguing that the “need to arrest...
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Water companies are public authorities and must therefore disclose...
Fish Legal v Information Commissioner and others (Information rights practice and procedure) [2015] UKUT 52 (AAC) Charles J – read judgment Water and sewage utility companies are “public authorities”...
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“Cold Calling” company fined £75K for breach of privacy
Reactiv Media Limited v The Information Commissioner (Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulations (2003) [2015] UKFTT 2014_0213 (GRC) (13 April 2015) – read judgment Although an individual’s...
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Caped Crusaders and Princely Rights – The Human Rights Round-Up
Photo credit: The Guardian Laura Profumo runs through the week’s human rights headlines. In the News: The Conservative party published its manifesto last week. The document makes for curious reading,...
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RightsInfo is here! Human Rights Information to Share
I am delighted to announce the launch of my new human rights initiative, RightsInfo. The site has just gone live at www.rightsinfo.org. Visit, share, subscribe by email and enjoy! RightsInfo will use...
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Supreme Court: the common law working out illegality defence
Jetivia v. Bilta [2015] UKSC 23, 22 April 2015 – read judgment Nigel Farage is quoted yesterday as preferring immigrants to be Australians and Indians rather than EU citizens, because they probably...
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