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This way, that way, the other way? Latest debate on Human Rights Act – Brian...
Those who want change should have to make the case for it, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC challenged her fellow panellists, at a recent event jointly organised by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and...
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The Blog is 5. And this is your last chance to come to the party!
After 2,237 posts and 4.6 million visits from readers all over the world, the UK Human Rights Blog is 5 years old. As we announced last month, we at 1 Crown Office Row are marking the occasion with...
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Western Sahara goes to Europe
R (o.t.a. Western Sahara Campaign UK) v. HMRC and DEFRA [2015] EWHC 2898 (Admin) Blake J, 19 October 2015 read judgment Not primarily about migration, but a case arising out of the long-running...
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The round up: a battle of ideas and freedom of expression
In the News “This is, at its heart, a battle of ideas. On one side sit the extremists, with a deliberate strategy to infect public debate, divide our communities and advance their warped worldview,”...
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Transparency in the Family Court: judge allows publication of article about...
Fountain pen on a blank page open on a diary book… Tickle v Council of the Borough of North Tyneside and others [2015] EWHC 2991 (Fam) (19 October 2015) – read judgment Before the court were cross...
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Management consultant charges mother £400 for each visit to nursing home –...
SF, Re [2015] EWCOP 68 (26 October 2015) – read judgment This Court of Protection case has, unusually, made the papers, and when you read the details you won’t be surprised. What the judge described as...
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Bank Mellat and disclosure in closed material proceedings
Bank Mellat v HM Treasury [2015] EWCA Civ 105, 23 October 2015 read judgment Bank Mellat is an Iranian bank, initially subjected to a 2009 order which prohibited anybody in the UK from dealing with it...
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Court of Session: Partners in Crime Have no ‘Family Life’
O’Neill and Lauchlan v Scottish Ministers [2015] CSOH 93, 28th October 2015 – read judgment The Outer House of the Court of Session has dismissed challenges brought by two convicted paedophiles to the...
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Saudi blogger awarded Sakharov prize
The European Parliament has awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Saudi Arabian blogger, Raif Badawi. The Prize, named after Andrei Sakharov who spoke out publicly against the nuclear...
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Where now for the rule of law?
The reforms to judicial review proceedings in Part 4 of the Criminal Justice & Courts Act 2015 have been closely analysed in a timely report by JUSTICE, the Public Law Project and the Bingham...
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The UK Human Rights Blog turned five, and we’re celebrating!
No particular reason…. We’re about to have a fifth birthday party for the UK Human Rights Blog (a bit late – we turned five at the end of March…) so it seems like as good as time as any to reflect on...
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Radicalism and the Family Courts – Marina Wheeler
Remember the three girls from Bethnal Green Academy, who in February slipped through Gatwick security to join so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)? If, watching the footage, you...
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Shaker Aamer’s release: What happens next?
And so, thirteen years after his capture, eight years after the US Government cleared him for release, and seven years after President Obama’s spectacularly broken promise to shut down Guantánamo,...
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Bringing rights to your mobile
A quick post to announce that the UK Human Rights Blog has now been optimised for mobile use. We hope this will mean a slicker (and less eye-straining) experience when accessing the latest human rights...
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The European Convention on Human Rights in 16 beautiful infographics
I’m very excited to tell you about RightsInfo’s new project, #YourHumanRights. We have produced 16 beautiful infographics each representing a key right in the European Convention. They don’t just show...
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Lost Journeys: The Stories of Child Refugees
On behalf of Professor Van Bueren and the Human Rights Collegium at the School of Law, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is featuring a theatre play and expert discussion on child refugees to...
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From England (to Northern Ireland) with love
The High Court in Belfast will sit on Monday 9 and 10th November to hear a challenge by a same sex couple now living in Northern Ireland who seek recognition of their English marriage. The current...
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Suing Facebook is no easy matter
Richardson v Facebook [2015] EWHC 3154 (2 November 2015) – read judgment An action in defamation and under the right to privacy against Facebook has been dismissed in the High Court. The Facebook...
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The Round-Up: Plaudits for Gove, and the Constitutional Convolutions of the...
Laura Profumo serves us the latest human rights happenings. In the News: At the Howard League for Penal Reform AGM last week, Michael Gove held his own when challenged about criminal justice reform....
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Event: The Future of Human Rights Protection in the UK – Tuesday 24 November...
I am co-organising an event to mark the launch of a fascinating new book, The UK and European Human Rights: A Strained Relationship? Edited by KS Ziegler, E Wicks and L Hodson. It will feature a talk...
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