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EU Law provides Pension Equality
EU Equality law had its moment in the sun in the week after London Pride with the UK Supreme Court Judgment in the case of Walker v Innospec – albeit that the front page treatment in The Metro was not...
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The Round-Up: Niqab ban does not violate human rights
The European Court of Human Rights has upheld the Belgian ban on Islamic burqas and other full-face veils by ruling that it does not violate human rights. In doing so the Court has held by its position...
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Human rights job alert
RightsInfo is one of one of the UK’s newest and most exciting charities, building knowledge and support for human rights with engaging, accessible and beautifully presented online content. We’re...
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Enforcement of environmental law: what is not in the Brexit Bill
I posted recently on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill and its approach to rolling over EU-derived laws into our domestic law. But a law is only as good as its enforcement makes it, and so we all...
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The clash between open justice and one’s good name
Khuja (formerly known as PNM) v. Times Newspapers [2017] UKSC 49, Supreme Court, read judgment The outcome of this case is summed up in its title, an unsuccessful attempt to retain anonymity in press...
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The Round Up: Lady Hale, Gayle Newland and Ian Paterson’s Sentencing
In the news… The Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme Disgraced surgeon Ian Paterson’s sentence has been referred to the Court of Appeal under the Unduly Lenient Sentence Scheme. Paterson was jailed for 15...
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The end of a chapter
Great Ormond Street Hospital v Yates and Gard – [2017] EWHC 1909 (Fam) – read judgment “A lot of things have been said, particularly in recent days, by those who know almost nothing about this case...
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The price of Justice
In R(on the application of UNISON) v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51, the Supreme Court gave an important judgment regarding the importance of access of justice. The Supreme Court held that the fees...
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Jackson LJ on costs in all judicial reviews: Aarhus rules to apply
Review of Fixed Recoverable Costs: Supplemental Report, 31 July 2017 – here Jackson LJ is still toiling away at costs issues some 8 years after his main report. The original report changed the whole...
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Northern Irish police officers join gay pride parade in Belfast
Marches are popular in Belfast, and now is the marching season. Since the decline of sectarian violence in Northern Ireland these displays of loyalty have ceased to attract the controversy they did....
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Extremists on campus
Butt v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWHC (Admin) 26 July 2017 – read judgment Oliver Sanders and Amelia Walker acted for the Home Secretary in this case. They have nothing to do...
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Prevent Duty Guidance withstands “clamorous” criticism – Marina Wheeler QC
R (Salman Butt) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2017] EWHC 1930 – read judgment In the wake of the London and Manchester attacks, the government’s counter-terrorism strategy is...
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Send me your burning human rights questions!
Calling all 15 to 24 year olds! For International Youth Day this Saturday 12 August I will be answering your burning human rights questions on video. This will be posted on RightsInfo and UK Human...
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New podcast on radicalisation
Just posted: Marina Wheeler QC in conversation with Rosalind English about efforts to preempt and limit the influence of extremist materials on children in the family courts. In this interview Marina...
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NHS should consider protein-control treatment for PKU child
SB, R (on the application of NHS England) [2017] EWHC 2000 – read judgment The High Court has quashed a decision by NHS England refusing to fund the drug Kuvan for a young boy who has a condition...
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The Round-Up: Rights in war, Rights at work, Rights in marriage
The mother of a British soldier who was killed in a roadside bomb while on duty in Iraq has received an apology from Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon. Sue Smith’s son, Pte Phillip Hewett, died...
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The robots are taking over, and the legal profession is not immune
Richard Susskind, IT adviser to the Lord Chief Justice, has spent many years looking into the future of the law. In a fascinating podcast paving the way for his new book The Future of the Professions...
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Fighting hate with human rights
RightsInfo needs your help on a new campaign to show how protecting human rights is the best way to prevent bigotry, hatred and the rise of the far right. We’ve all been shocked at the scenes of...
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New podcast: they’ve come for our cars, when will they go for your brief?
We have just posted a discussion here between 1 Crown Office Row recruit Thomas Beamont and Rosalind English on the reach of Artificial Intelligence into the legal world: click on Episode 10 of our...
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Duty of care in genomic medicine: who is liable?
Clinical Genetics is a field of medicine concerned with the probability of an indvidual’s condition having an hereditary basis. The journal Medical Law International has just published an article...
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