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David Miranda Special Edition – The Human Rights Roundup
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Miranda case shows we need more secrecy laws… or does it?
As the August news lull continues, the David Miranda controversy is still troubling commentators – see Daniel Isenberg’s superb roundup. In the past week or so, an interesting symmetry has arisen...
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“Law is no trade, briefs no merchandise”
In Re Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, Advocate, Supreme Court of India, 22 August 2013, read judgment For the moment, at least, the idea of Stobart-law, supermarket-law, or call-centre-law as the solution to...
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More developments under Schedule 7
Sylvie Beghal v Director of Public Prosecutions, [2013] EWHC 2573 (Admin) – read judgment In a judgment with implications for the detention of David Miranda, the High Court has today dismissed an...
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Legality of War, More Miranda and Judicial Review Moving Out – The Human...
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Interested in human rights? Work with Liberty!
Liberty, the human rights organisation, is looking for qualified and qualifying lawyers to staff its advice line. This is a great opportunity – you can trust me on that, as I did it for a year whilst...
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Why we would be mad to leave our European Convention on Human Rights
Six decades ago today, the European Convention on Human Rights came into force. It all started brightly, as a post-war, British-led pact against Fascism and Communism. Now, human rights are under...
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UK judges have breathed new life into Human Rights Convention, says former...
Yesterday Sir Nicolas Bratza spoke candidly about the responsibility of certain UK politicians and media outlets in tarnishing this countries human rights legacy. He called on lawyers and NGOs to...
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Expecting business to respect human rights without incentives or Sanctions –...
Cross-government coordination on an issue that affects trade, international development, foreign affairs, business activity and human rights is remarkable, especially at such a difficult economic time....
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Health protection “not a warrant for lifestyle fascism”
CM, Re Judicial Review [2013] CSOH 143 – read judgment The Scottish Court of Session has ruled that the prohibition of smoking and possession of tobacco products by patients at a mental hospital was...
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Aarhus watch: a UK breach, and a fudge
ACCC/C/2012/68 read draft findings here and ACCC/C/2010/45 read findings here Two interesting decisions from the Geneva-based Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee (ACCC) about whether the UK planning...
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Judicial Review and Legal Aid under threat… and a Human Rights Birthday – The...
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Judicial Review is not part of a vast left wing conspiracy
The second salvo in the Government’s war against Judicial Review was launched last week. At least, that is what you may think after reading the Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling’s fire-breathing op-ed in...
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Court of Appeal laments systemic failures in family justice
Re A (a child) [2013] EWCA Civ 1104 – read judgment Appellate judges are obliged to review systemic failings in the family justice system as a whole, not just the merits of the trial judge’s...
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Aarhus: UK seems to be in trouble again, this time with the CJEU
Commission v. UK, Opinion of Advocate-General Kokott, 12 September 2013 read opinion here “It is well known that in United Kingdom court proceedings are not cheap” – a masterly understatement opening...
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Veils in Court, Grayling and the Left & Legal Aid Anxieties – The Human...
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The Niqaab issue is too important to be left to liberal instinct
Yesterday, before His Honour Judge Peter Murphy ruled that a female Muslim defendant in a criminal trial must remove her face-covering veil (niqaab) whilst giving evidence, Home Office Minister Jeremy...
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What is a “public authority” for the purposes of environmental information?
Fish Legal v The Information Commissioner, United Utilities, Yorkshire Water and Southern Water (Case C-279/12) – read Opinion of AG Cruz Villalon In this most recent case concerning access by private...
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Veils and ignorance: defendant not allowed to wear niqaab when giving evidence
The Queen v. D (R) – Ruling available here. The ruling by HHJ Murphy in Blackfriars Crown Court this Monday that a defendant in a criminal trial should not be allowed to wear a niqaab (face veil)...
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“Follow the money” powers do not breach sex offenders’ privacy rights
R (on the application of) Christopher Prothero v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 2830 (Admin) 18 September 2013 – read judgment This was a challenge to regulations introduced...
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