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A rare “win” for Scientology – Supreme Court
R (on the application of Hodkin and another) v Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages [2013] UKSC 77 On appeal from [2012] EWHC 3635 – read judgment The Supreme Court has ruled,...
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The Supreme Court on “prohibitively expensive” costs: Aarhus again
R (Edwards & Pallikaropoulos) v. Environment Agency et al, Supreme Court, 11 December 2013 read judgment This is the last gasp in the saga on whether Mrs Pallikaropoulos should bear £25,000 of the...
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Court of Appeal calls on Supreme Court to resolve conflict between UK and...
Kaiyam v Secretary of State for Justice and Haney v Secretary of State for Justice (9 December 2013) [2013] EWCA Civ 1587 – read judgment The Court of Appeal has ruled that continued detention in...
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What really goes on in the Supreme Court
On 9 December 2013, Professor Paterson launched his new book, Final Judgment (Hart Publishing, absolutely no relation), via the Second annual Bailii lecture, Decision-making in the UK’s top court –...
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Scientology, University Unrest and Right to Die – the Human Rights Roundup
Welcome back to the UK Human Rights Roundup, your regular festive trifle of human rights news and views. The full list of links can be found here. You can find previous roundups here. Links compiled...
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Senior judges speak out on EU and rights law
Following David Hart’s highly popular review of Alan Paterson’s book on the Supreme Court, here’s an account of the recent public speeches of Lords Sumption and Laws, and Lady Hale. I apologise in...
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No rational basis for denying all prisoners the vote, concludes joint...
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill today published its report – you can read it in full here (PDF/HTML/conclusions). I gave evidence to the committee a...
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Anonymity in the courts: Part 1, the “forced Caeserean”
AA, Re (Including: note by Mr Justice Mostyn) 4 December 2013 [2013] EWHC B24 (COP) – read note and judgment In the matter of P (a child) 13 December 2013 [2013] EWHC 4048 (Fam) – read judgment The...
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Anonymity Part 2: Child personal injury cases
JXMX (A Child) v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust [2013] EWHC 3956 (QB) – read judgment Elizabeth-Anne Gumbel QC of 1 Crown Office Row represented the claimant in this case. She has nothing to do with...
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When you wish upon a rendition and torture inquiry…
1 Crown Office Row’s Philippa Whipple QC and Matthew Hill were counsel to the Detainee Inquiry. They are not the writers of this post. On 6 July 2010, in the first innocent days of the Coalition...
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Caesareans, Transparency, Torture and Prisoner Votes – the Human Rights Roundup
Welcome back to the UK Human Rights Roundup, your regular raging winter storm of human rights news and views. The full list of links can be found here. You can find previous roundups here. Links...
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M&S, Muslim employees and the tricky issue of reasonable accommodation
Retailer Marks & Spencer is in the news again, and not this time for its Christmas advert. The ad was, incidentally, filmed in Temple – perhaps M&S bigwigs were on their way to getting some...
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Times on the legal naughty step for bizarre ‘right to marry’ headline splash
The debate over the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights is already mired with misunderstanding (see this and this), but amazingly Saturday’s Times (£) managed to up the stupid-quotient by...
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Religious Accommodation, European Controversy, and Posthumous Pardons – the...
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Justice Secretary wins and loses in discrimination challenge to post-prison...
Griffiths v Secretary of State for Justice (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening) [2013] EHWC 4077 (Admin) - read judgment. Oliver Sanders of 1 Crown Office Row represented the Defendant...
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UK Human Rights Blog 2013 in review
What a year! As the UK Human Rights Blog approaches 2,000 posts and three million hits since its launch in March 2010, below is a link to a summary of the year in stats. No great surprises as to the...
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The Legal Ombudsman: more than a paper tiger
Layard Horsfall Ltd v The Legal Ombudsman [2013] EWHC 4137 (QB) - Read judgment Adam Wagner represented the Legal Ombudsman in this case. He is not the writer of this post Does the Legal Ombudsman have...
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Lawyers Protest Cuts, Constitutional Nihilism and Libel Liberalisation – the...
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Reporting restrictions at courts martial: the need for a structured approach...
Marines A & Ors v Guardian News and Media & Other Media [2013] EWCA Crim 2367 – read judgment On 15 September 2011 a patrol of Royal Marine Commandos were involved in an incident, which...
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Hands off our courts’ relationship with the European Court of Human Rights –...
The glass foyer of the Palais de Droits de l’Homme in Strasbourg (pictured) is not to everyone’s taste. Some find it inspiring, others – often advocates appearing for the first time – are simply too...
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