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High Court dismisses challenge to conditions at Brook House Immigration...
Brook House IRC. Image: The Guardian In Soltany and Others v SSHD [2020], the High Court dismissed a challenge to the conditions at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (IRC), which at the material...
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The Weekly Round-up: Brexit and some judgments from the European Court
Photo: Chris McAndrew In the news The Prime Minister has courted controversy yet again this week with a new Brexit bill that appears to violate international law. The proposed Internal Markets Bill...
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Breaking international law: the UK is biting off its nose to spite its face —...
The Brexit Withdrawal Agreement was signed in January of this year. Image: The Guardian The UK Internal Market Bill has caused huge controversy. Much has been written about the UK Government’s...
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Portuguese climate change claim in Strasbourg
For a while, 6 Portuguese citizens, between the ages of 8 and 21, have been on the brink of starting proceedings in the European Court of Human Rights. Now it has happened. On 3 September 2020, they...
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CJEU Provides First Ruling on Net Neutrality Regulations
Telenor Magyarország Zrt. Jv Nemzeti Média- és Hírközlési Hatóság Elnöke, Joined Cases C‑807/18 and C‑39/19 The CJEU has ruled, in a first for that regulation, that the use of “Zero Tariff” contracts...
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Latest on Brexit transition: Law Pod UK
In her latest episode Professor Catherine Barnard of Cambridge University comments on the transition period towards Brexit since the Withdrawal Act was implemented by the government in January this...
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The common law right to privacy in Scotland
BC & Others v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland & Others [2020] CSIH 61 Last week, the Inner House of the Court of Session refused a reclaiming motion in relation to the use of...
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The Weekly Round-Up: rising Covid-19 cases and constitutional concerns
In the News: The Joint Committee on Human Rights has published a report which proposes that the Government must urgently the human rights implications of its Covid-19 measures. The report drew...
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A bonanza of C-19 challenges
With Baroness Hale’s recent criticism of the emergency measures taken by the government ringing in our ears, the following information from across the Atlantic might be of interest. The New England...
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Were the March 2020 lockdown restrictions lawfully imposed? (Part 1) — Emmet...
How the lockdown was reported by the newspapers in March. Image: The Guardian Emmet Coldrick is a barrister at Quadrant Chambers, London. The opinions expressed in this article are the personal...
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Were the March 2020 lockdown restrictions lawfully imposed? (Part 2) — Emmet...
The Prime Minister announces the lockdown on 23rd March. Image: The Guardian Emmet Coldrick is a barrister at Quadrant Chambers, London. The opinions expressed in this article are the personal...
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A Life’s Work: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — Ruby Peacock
Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Image: The Guardian In a career defined as much by powerful dissenting judgments as by winning oral arguments, Ruth Bader Ginsburg blazed a trail particularly for women, but also...
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The Weekly Round-up: The Coronavirus Act 2020 under review
Harriet Harman MP, chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights. Photo: Chris McAndrew In the news This week, 6 months after it was passed, the Coronavirus Act 2020 is due for a review in Parliament....
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Law Pod UK new episode: Reintroducing the birds and the bees
Through a collaboration with the Environmental Law Foundation we bring you Episode 126, a panel discussion with environmental experts Mark Avery and Nikki Gammans in discussion with Carol Day,...
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The Weekly Round-Up: Happy (Legal) New Year!
Temple Church In the News: On 1 October 2020, the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC, gave a speech at Temple Church to mark the opening of the legal year. He praised the “enduring success” of our...
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Law Pod UK: Bats, Beavers & protected species
This is the second instalment of our collaboration with the Environmental Law Foundation, with environmental experts Mark Avery, Nikki Gammans and Carol Day, consultant solicitor with Leigh Day....
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Court of Appeal dismisses challenge to increase in state pension age
Image: Wikipedia In Delve and Anor v SSfWP [2020] EWCA Civ 1199, the Court of Appeal dismissed the challenge brought against the series of Pensions Acts between 1995 and 2014 which equalised the state...
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Schrems 2 for the UK? CJEU Ruling Threatens Future Adequacy Talks
Case C‑623/17 The CJEU ruled on Tuesday that Directive 2002/58/EC (‘the Directive’) precludes national legislation from ordering telecommunication companies to transfer data in a “general and...
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Folk Heroes, Villains and the Overseas Operations Bill — Conall Mallory
UK troops leaving Afghanistan. Image: Flickr The Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill is currently progressing through Parliament. Billed as one of the most controversial pieces...
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The Weekly Round-up: Operation Cygnus, lawyers in the firing line, and a new...
Photo: Richard Townshend In the news The ‘second wave’ of UK coronavirus cases is continuing to surge. The government’s scientific experts have warned that we are at a ‘critical moment’ for handling...
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