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Coroner’s conundrums: born alive or still-birth, and mother’s anonymity
R (o.t.a T) v. HM Senior Coroner for West Yorkshire [2017] EWCA 187 (Civ), 28 April 2017 – read judgment A sad story of human frailty posed two difficult problems for the Coroner, and the Court of...
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The Round Up: Turning Back Asylum Seekers at Sea
A new report has argued that the practice of turning back asylum seeker boats at sea is illegal under international law, and does not deter others from making the journey. Arrivals in the EU The...
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Supreme and Strasbourg Courts square off on Art. 6 and housing
Poshteh v Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea S [2017] UKSC 36, 10 May 2017 – read judgment For the last 15 years, whether the right of the homeless to suitable council accommodation is an...
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Purdah: Government should obey the law in the run-up to an election
R (ClientEarth) v Secretary of State for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Garnham J, 27 April 2017, judgment here Last November (here) the judge decided that the UK’s air pollution plans under...
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The Round-Up: Minimum Wage, Article 6 and Housing
IN THE NEWS Three women, including a mother and her daughter, have been charged with conspiracy and attempt in the first all-female terror plot in the UK. This accolade means it is sure to be...
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Will genetically-informed medicine upend medical confidentiality?
ABC v St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust and Others [2017] EWCA Civ 336 – read judgment All the advocates in this case are from 1 Crown Office Row. Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC, Henry Witcomb QC and Jim...
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The UKHRB launches new podcast stream
In a few weeks’ time we hope to have regular podcasts of our roundups and other legal news available from iTunes for subscription or one off downloads. In the meantime here’s a link to my interview...
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Strasbourg grapples with international surrogacy and the concept of “family”
Paradiso and Campanelli v Italy (Application no. 25358/12), 24 January 2017 – read judgment The Strasbourg Court ruled earlier this year that the prohibition on commercial surrogacy arrangements did...
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The Round-Up – who’s on the Rights-side this election?
After one leaked manifesto and many accusations of plans to bankrupt the UK, we have finally been presented with the official pledges of the main parties. Indeed, the manifestos appeared to herald good...
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What can reasonably be expected of junior doctors
FB v. Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 334, 12 May 2017, Court of Appeal – read judgment All the advocates in this case were from 1 Crown Office Row, Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC for...
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The Round-Up audio version – who’s on the Rights-side this election?
Here’s an audio version of Poppy Rimington-Pounder’s post this week where she expands on some of the developments and news items she covers in conversation with Rosalind English. We hope soon to have a...
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More on junior doctors’ liability: audio.
FB v. Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust [2017] EWCA Civ 334, 12 May 2017, Court of Appeal – read judgment The UK Human Rights Blog is not only for the reading eye. Here’s an audio version of David...
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The Round Up: Election Coverage, Domestic Violence and Free Movement
IN THE NEWS The news this week, though inevitably dominated by election coverage, has a lot going on for lawyers. We’ve sifted through it so you don’t have to, followed by our summary of the Advocate...
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Munira Ali: Examining the dissolution of the Joint Committee on Human Rights’...
The issues relating to imprisonment of individuals with mental health problems in the UK has attracted considerable attention, as the number of self-inflicted deaths has risen to the highest number...
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Alternative treatment for seriously ill child not in his best interests
Yates and Anor v Great Ormond Street for Children [2017] EWCA Civ 410, 23 May 2017 – read judgment On Thursday 8 June the Supreme Court will be asked to grant permission to appeal in this case of a...
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Charlie Gard: Supreme Court turns down appeal, now all depends on Strasbourg
Yates and Anor v Great Ormond Street for Children Earlier this week, Rosalind English posted on the Court of Appeal’s decision here. The case was heard by the Supreme Court during the afternoon of 8...
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Election Round-Up: Ripping Up the Rulebook on Human Rights?
It has been widely reported that Theresa May will stay on as Prime Minister following the election on June 8th. The Conservative PM will seek to form a government with the support of the Democratic...
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A powerful new human rights film
It has just been the 6th anniversary of an important human rights case, that of Mark and Steven Neary. Steven, who is autistic, was detained in local authority care for over a year before his dad used...
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Strasbourg grants emergency hearing in Charlie Gard appeal
Yates v United Kingdom – here In my last post on this case, I explained that the Supreme Court had granted a short stay to 5pm Friday 9th June to enable the parents to ask the Strasbourg Court to...
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Breverse: Politically Problematic but Legally Possible, by Rosie Slowe
On 29 March 2017, Theresa May’s Article 50 letter of notice was delivered to Donald Tusk, thereby formally triggering the Treaty-based process for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. The question...
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