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It’s time to overhaul the Investigatory Powers Bill
By Cian C. Murphy and Natasha Simonsen This morning, the Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill issued a 200-page report on the draft new law. It’s the next step in the scrutiny of a...
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Early guilty pleas: Justice for whom?
Libby McVeigh is Legal and Policy Director for Fair Trials, a London and Brussels based nongovernmental organization campaigning for the right to a fair trial globally. It is currently campaigning for...
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Cameron on prisons: an agenda for a revolution? – the Round-up
Photo credit: The Telegraph In the news The Prime Minister has this week set out his “agenda for a revolution in the prison system”. His speech outlines plans for governors to be given greater...
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Judicial Review: What is meant by “totally without merit”
Samia Wasif and another v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2016] EWCA Civ 82 Read judgment here What is the difference between a case that is “totally without merit” and one that is “not...
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Jury Service and the Price of Curiosity – Emma Fenelon
Curiosity is not a sin…But we should exercise caution with our curiosity… yes, indeed. Dumbledore, Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire Facts Like the 179,000 or so people selected at random from the...
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Eight Trends and Eight Challenges to the European Court of Human Rights –...
Introduction The opening of the Strasbourg Court’s judicial year every January always provides an opportunity for reflection on the themes and challenges which will define the Court’s jurisprudence for...
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NI Judge acquits Pastor of “gross offence” against Muslims
DPP v McConnell [2016] NIMag (5 January 2016) Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation. (Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī , 13th Century Persian Islamic scholar and poet) These words were...
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Freedom, Asylum Seekers, and Two Lots of European Human Rights – Michael Rhimes
C-601/15 JN (in French only) offers important insights into the detention of asylum seekers. It also somewhat of a double bill, involving not one but two sets of European Human Rights. In this post I...
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Supreme Court abolishes “wrong turn” Joint Enterprise law – Diarmaid Laffan
Adam Wagner and Diarmuid Laffan acted for the appellant Ameen Jogee in this case Today the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the conjoined appeals of R v Jogee and Ruddock v R [2016] UKSC 8,...
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Joint Enterprise press release from the Appellant’s solicitors
It is important to note that the draft judgment of the Supreme Court was embargoed from all apart from solicitors and counsel until today so our client, Ameen Jogee, and his family only found out about...
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The right to privacy and medical records – Seonaid Stevenson
WF, Petitioner [2016] CSOH 27 – read judgment The Outer House of the Court of Session has ruled that the right to privacy and medical confidentiality under Article 8 of the Convention entitles...
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Court of Session rejects challenge to prosecution policy on assisted suicide
Ross v Lord Advocate [2016] CSIH 12, 19th February 2016 – read judgment The Inner House of the Court of Session has rejected a reclaiming motion (appeal) from a decision of the Outer House in which...
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Paid internships: Entering the human rights NGO sector
Ben Smith, Legal Research Intern at the Equal Rights Trust I expected competition for jobs in human rights to be tough but it was only when I graduated that I realised quite how difficult it was to...
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Abortion, mental incapacity and prior intentions: Court of Protection...
An NHS Trust v CS (By Her Litigation Friend, the Official Solicitor) ] EWCOP Read the judgement. The Court of Protection does the work of Solomon on a daily basis. Matters of life and death are...
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The Round-up: companies off the hook for human rights abuses?
In the news The UK government is letting companies “off the hook” for human rights abuses, according to Amnesty International. In an 80-page report, Obstacle course: How the UK’s National Contact...
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Refugee crisis tests Europe on human rights – the Round-up
Photo Credit: The Financial Times In the news Stemming migration flows from Turkey has been set as “a priority” at the 7 March emergency summit of EU and Turkish leaders in Brussels. EU officials are...
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RightsInfo: new look and new features
I wanted to let you know about the totally redesigned RightsInfo. As well as a new look, the site now has an explainers section, revamped issues pages (e.g. children, disability, equality, family… and...
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Are you a student interested in human rights? The JUSTICE Student Conference...
The JUSTICE Student Conference 2016 is on 19 March 2016, at the University of Law in London. The full programme is available here and you can book online here. Spend a Saturday talking human rights and...
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Vicarious liability: The Supreme Court speaks
Two important Supreme Court judgments concerning vicarious liability were handed down last week. Mohamud v WM Morrison Supermarkets [2016] UKSC 11 affirms the “close connection” test set out in Lister...
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Free to light up… for a little longer
Photo credit: The Guardian In Secretary of State for Justice v Paul Black [2016] EWCA Civ 125 (read judgment) the Court of Appeal ruled that the Crown was not bound by Part 1 of the Health Act 2006 to...
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