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The Round-up: the first conviction for forced marriage and other news
This week’s Round-up is brought to you by Alex Wessely. In the news In a written statement the legal aid minister Mr Shailesh Vara confirmed that a further 8.75% will be cut from the criminal legal aid...
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Withdrawal of nutrition and hydration would not offend right to life –...
Lambert and Others v. France (application no. 46043/14) – read judgment In an important step away from Pretty v UK, the Grand Chamber of the Strasbourg Court has upheld the right of to die with dignity...
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UK courts are bound by UK rulings, not Strasbourg decisions, says Admin Court
R (Victor Nealon) v Secretary of State for Justice : R (Sam Hallam) v Secretary of State for Justice [2015] EWHC 1565 (Admin), 8 June 2015 – read judgment As Michael Gove contemplates the future of...
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Copying material for private use: is it legal?
British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and others, R(on the application of) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and another [2015] EWHC 1723 (Admin) – read judgment...
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Strasbourg Court opens door to complaints by refugees displaced during...
Chiragov and Others v. Armenia (App No 13216/05) – read judgment In two important decisions, the Grand Chamber of the Strasbourg Court has held that the forced displacement of peoples from the disputed...
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Don’t Say ‘Snooper’s Charter’: Dutch Dairy-Rooms and British Political...
Much has been said about our surveillance law and much more will be said in Parliament’s debate on Thursday. And yet, how we talk about surveillance law merits at least as much concern as what we say...
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Asylum is a high hurdle. Can aspirants for UK try the EU Convention on Human...
R (on the application of Hoang Anh Minh) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 1725 (Admin) – read judgment This case concerned the proper approach to establishing whether there are...
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The 50 human rights cases that transformed Britain
Today, I am delighted to launch a major new RightsInsfo infographic, the 50 Human Rights Cases That Transformed Britain. For the full experience, make sure you access it on a desktop computer. Since...
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Care arrangements for severely autistic man did not deprive him of his liberty
Bournemouth Borough Council v PS and another [2015] EWCOP (11 June 2015) – read judgment Mostyn J in the Court of Protection was asked to determine whether care arrangements in place for a 28-year-old...
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Supreme Court on EU and ECHR proportionality – back to basics
R (ota Lumsdon) v Legal Services Board [2015] UKSC 41, 24 June 2015 (see judgment) The Supreme Court has reminded us, in a tour de force by Lord Reed, that there is no such thing as one-stop...
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The Round-up: One nation justice – but will the Government pay for it?
Credit: The Telegraph In the news In his first major speech as Lord Chancellor, Michael Gove this week set out his vision for ‘one nation justice’. At present a two-tier system provides the...
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When the Sh*t hits the Ban
Jack Lowe and Dennis Reynolds, Plaintiffs v Atlas Logistics Group Retail Services The first prosecution under the 2008 US Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) has won $2.25 million jury...
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“No union more profound”: The US Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage
Photo credit: Guardian The Supreme Court of the United States has decided that same-sex couples have a constitutionally protected right to marry. In the history of American jurisprudence, there are a...
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‘It’s complicated': Court of Session considers duty to offer an opportunity...
Photo credit: Guardian Reid, Re Judicial Review, [2015] CSOH 84 – read judgment. The Outer House of the Court of Session has refused a prisoner’s claim for damages resulting from an alleged failure...
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Not dumping on anyone’s living tree: Scalia visits UK
Photo credit: Guardian Last week’s decision of the United States Supreme Court in Obergefell v Hodges has been lauded across the world as a quantum leap for equality and human rights – “a victory for...
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The “Black Cab Rapist”– Court of Appeal rules on Article 3 investigative duty
Commissioner of the Police for the Metropolis v DSD and NBV and Alio Koraou v Chief Constable of Manchester [2015] EWCA Civ 646 – read judgment The Court of Appeal has ruled that the police have a...
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The Round Up: Fast-track Failings and Obergefell ‘egoism’
Photo credit: Guardian Laura Profumo brings you the latest human rights happenings. In the News: In a critical, though arguably overdue, decision, the Court of Appeal has suspended the fast-track...
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The Long Shadow of the Troubles
Photo: The Guardian In Finucane’s (Geraldine) Application [2015] NIQB 57 the Northern Ireland High Court dismissed a challenge to the decision by the British Government to carry out a ‘review’ by Sir...
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The private lives of child rioters
In the matter of an application by JR38 for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2015] UKSC 42 Does the publication of photographs of a child taken during a riot fall within the scope of Article 8 ECHR?...
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The Round-up: Srebrenica veto, and legal aid boycott latest
Alex Wessely brings you this week’s Human Rights Round Up. In the News: “Twenty years after Srebrenica, incomplete justice”. This is Human Rights Watch’s conclusion after Russia vetoed a UN resolution...
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