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Lockdown challenge — permission refused
The Government will doubtless be relieved. Mr Justice Lewis has refused permission to bring a judicial review in what is arguably the most comprehensive and wide-reaching challenge brought to date to...
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High Court rules on preliminary issues in challenge relating to alleged UK...
In R (Reprieve & Ors) v Prime Minister [2020] EWHC 1695 (Admin), the High Court made a preliminary ruling that Article 6(1) of the ECHR does not apply to the forthcoming judicial review of the...
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FGM protection order in child’s best interests – Court of Appeal
A (A Child) (Rev 1) [2020] EWCA 731 (15 June 2020) This was an appeal by the secretary of state against a decision of the President of the Family Division concerning the exercise of the family court’s...
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Law Pod UK Latest Episode: Dignity in Dying in the age of Covid -19
The campaign group Dignity in Dying has recently brought out a new book called Last Rights: The Case for Assisted Dying, by Sarah Wotton and Lloyd Riley, Director and Policy manager of the campaign...
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The Round Up: Fast Fashion Victims
In the News: In a recent report entitled “It Still Happens Here”, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) and the anti-slavery charity Justice and Care have found a rise in incidents of domestic slavery,...
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Detention of a minor for his own protection
The High Court recently dismissed a claim of incompatibility with Article 5 ECHR arising from a detention of a minor for his own protection in the case of Archer v Commissioner of Police of the...
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Law Pod UK: Catherine Barnard on the latest in the Brexit negotiations
After something of an hiatus occasioned by the Covid-19 pandemic, we are delighted to welcome Catherine Barnard back onto our podcast with her clear and informative account of the legal steps towards...
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Court of Appeal allows Shamima Begum’s appeal
Image: The Guardian Begum v Special Immigration Appeals Commission and the Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 918 Early last year, after ISIL was dislodged from Raqqah, Shamima...
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Duty of care owed by UK ship agent to Bangladeshi worker?
Begum v. Maran (UK) Ltd [2020] EWHC 1846 (QB) On 30 March 2018, whilst working on the demolition of an oil tanker on the beach at Chittagong, Bangladesh, Mr Mollah fell to his death. There is powerful...
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The Weekly Roundup: Shamima Begum, Paedophile-Hunters, and Criminal Justice
Photo: Arno Mikkor In the news The future of the UK response to COVID-19 remains uncertain. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hinted that things will be ‘significantly normal’ by Christmas, and has...
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Raves, laughing gas and drink: a nuisance in Hackney
London Borough of Hackney v Persons Unknown in London Fields, Hackney (The ‘prescribed area’) [2020] EWHC 1900 QB This case involved the ancient tort of public nuisance. Such a claim is addressed to...
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Supreme Court rules there is no right to privacy against “paedophile hunters”...
In Sutherland v Her Majesty’s Advocate, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that it was compatible with the accused person’s rights under ECHR article 8 to use evidence obtained by “paedophile hunter”...
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New Episode of Law Pod UK: the Gerry Adams case
The recent ruling by the Supreme Court that the former leader of Sinn Féin had been unlawfully detained and convicted in the 1970s has elicited some severe criticism from high places, including former...
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Novichok inquest quashed
The High Court has today handed down a judgment quashing a coroner’s decision on the scope of the inquest into the death of Dawn Sturgess: R (GS) v HM Senior Coroner for Wiltshire and Swindon [2020]...
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Family Court Guilty of ‘State Sanctioned Abuse’? Plus Hate Speech and...
Conor Monighan brings us the latest updates in human rights law In the News: Credit: Colin The public consultation on Scotland’s controversial Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill has closed. In...
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Upcoming Human Rights Lawyers Association Event
Race and Rights in the UK: Do Black Lives Matter Today? The recent killing of George Floyd at the hands of US authorities has sparked a global outcry, with individuals and organisations demanding...
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Barclays Bank plc v Various Claimants: further blurring boundaries in...
This article was first published here on the UK Labour Law Blog on 6th July 2020 and is reproduced with the author and editors’ kind permission. Introduction In a judgment handed down on 1 April 2020,...
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New Podcast Episode: Secondary Victim Claims update with Gideon Barth
In Episode 122, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Gideon Barth about secondary victim claims, and the recent case of Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2020] EWHC 1415. This episode also discusses the...
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Immigration Bail policy found systemically unfair
In three conjoined judicial reviews concerning the legality of the Home Secretary’s exercise of her power under paragraph 9 of Schedule 10 of the Immigration Act 2016 to provide accommodation to those...
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Manchester Arena Inquiry challenge dismissed
Manchester Arena. Image: Wikipedia The High Court has today handed down judgment in R (EA and Anor) v Chairman of the Manchester Arena Inquiry [2020] EWHC 2053 (Admin) refusing permission for judicial...
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