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Barbican brexit event – last-minute tickets
20 tickets have become available for tonight’s event at the Barbican, at which Leigh Day and 1 Crown Office Row will be collaborating to bring you a stimulating discussion of the potential impact of...
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Fake news, human rights and access to justice – 2017 Human Rights Lecture
I am honoured to be giving the 2017 Equality and Human Rights Commission Annual Human Rights Lecture this year. The title speaks for itself! Venue: Cardiff Law School, Cardiff University, Law Building,...
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Brexit and Fundamental Rights – Podcast Available
1 Crown Office Row recently collaborated with Leigh Day for a special event entitled: ‘Brexit and Fundamental Rights’ The discussion was chaired by Joshua Rozenberg QC. Speaking from 1COR were Adam...
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Fathers4 (Access2) Justice: Administrative Court ruling on the public’s right...
R (O’Connor) v Aldershot Magistrates’ Court [2016] EWHC 2792 (Admin) Summary On 20 February 2015 Matthew O’Connor, the Claimant in this judicial review and the founder of the campaign group...
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Should courts order vaccination against parents’ wishes?
Vaccine in vial with syringe. Vaccination concept. 3d SL (Permission to Vaccinate), Re 2017 EWHC (Fam) EWHC (30 January 2017) [2017] EWHC 125 (Fam) The alleged risks attending on vaccination were...
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Time limits for the return of asylum seekers – did the clock stop ticking?
Mucaj, Re Judicial Review, [2017] CSOH 17 – read judgment. Asylum seeker’s claim that he cannot be returned to Belgium under the Dublin III Regulations due to non-compliance with time limits by...
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More vaccine litigation
John (A Minor: Vaccine Damage Payments scheme), Re [2017] EWCA Civ – read judgment As commentators to my previous post on immunisation have pointed out, vaccinations are not cost-free. But the benefit...
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The Round-Up: this week in human rights legal news
THE DUBS AMENDMENT The big news this week is that the UK government will only accept another 150 unaccompanied refugee children under the Dubs Amendment. What’s the Dubs Amendment? Alfred Dubs, who...
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The Round Up – locking up leakers for longer
Information leaks have led to some slippery situations for some in recent weeks. Not even David Beckham escaped unscathed, when his disappointment at being overlooked for a knighthood was revealed in a...
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Thinking about reasons again
R (o.t.a. Oakley) v. South Cambridgeshire District Council [2017] EWCA Civ 71, 15 February 2017, read judgment There is, I am glad to say, an insistence these days in the Court of Appeal that the...
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The Round Up: Couples in the Courts
Immigration law featured heavily in courts in the past week, with judgments in two cases handed down by the justices. The first, MM and others, concerned the Minimum Income Rule, which requires a...
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The Front Page in the Digital Age: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies...
A study raising concerns about journalists’ ability to protect sources and whistleblowers was launched in the House of Lords last Wednesday. The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS), in...
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The Round Up – EU citizens lord it over Brexit
Theresa May had appeared to have bounced back from the Article 50 Supreme Court case with the relatively smooth passing of the Brexit Bill through the House of Commons. But her woes were clearly not...
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Human rights and fake news: what we need to do now
Last night I gave the annual Human Rights Lecture for the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s Wales office. My chosen topic was access to justice, human rights and fake news. I tried to sum up some...
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Rosie Slowe: Reflections on the ‘Three Knights Opinion’ and Article 50 TEU
On 17 February 2017, Bindmans LLP published an Opinion solicited from several leading authorities on EU law concerning Article 50 TEU. The so-dubbed ‘Three Knights Opinion’ put forward compelling...
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The extraterritorial application of the EU Charter in Syria: To the Union and...
1) The Situation “no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark you only run for the border when you see the whole city running as well” Warsan Shire Shire’s words are the background to the...
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Canals and Article 8 – again
Jones v. Canal & River Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 135 – 7 March 2017 – read judgment In recent years, the Courts have come up with a pragmatic resolution to the clash of property and Article 8 rights...
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The Round Up: International Women’s Week
Happy international women’s week, Human Rights Blog readers! Women’s rights are human rights and human rights matter, so to help you keep fighting the good fight we’ve curated the week’s legal updates...
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Rape, incest and damage: but who is the real victim?
Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority v First Tier Tribunal (Social entitlement Chamber) and Y by his mother and Litigation Friend [2017] EWCA Civ 139 The predictability of genetic disorders...
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The Round Up – European Court unveils controversial new ruling
The EU’s highest court this week held that employers are entitled to ban religious symbols in the workplace, including the Islamic headscarf. What were the references about? Two Muslim women, Ms...
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