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Northern Ireland: dealing with the past
Image: Peter Kemp/AP/Press Association Images Lawyers working on cases dealing with Northern Ireland’s troubled past know that this field of legal work develops slowly. Sometimes, however,...
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The Weekly Round-Up: government under pressure over child marriage loophole...
In the news: Campaigners have warned that a loophole allowing children aged 16 or 17 to get married with their parents’ consent is enabling forced child marriages to take place across England. Current...
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Amsterdam Court orders reinstatement of Uber drivers dismissed by algorithm
In October 2020 the App Drivers & Couriers Union (‘ADCU’) filed a legal challenge against Uber Technologies Inc. for the dismissal of drivers by an algorithm in the UK and Portugal. The District...
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The Weekly Round-Up: The Queen’s Speech and Gendered Violence
In the News: In the Queen’s Speech last week, the government presented its legislative programme for the next session of parliament, including a number of bills with important human rights...
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LGBT rights in Northern Ireland
Belfast Pride, 2018 © Love Belfast Introduction In Northern Ireland, the Troubles are not the only part of its troubled past and present. In March this year, the Stormont administration found itself...
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Law Pod UK: First Episode in Family Law Series from 1 Crown Office Row Brighton
Clare Ciborowska and Richard Ager join Rosalind English in the first of a series of discussions from the family law team at 1 Crown Office Row in Brighton, highlighting developments and analysing case...
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Court of Appeal holds modern slavery conclusive grounds decisions are NOT...
R v Brecani [2021] EWCA Crim 731 — judgment here On 19 May 2021 the Court of Appeal was asked to determine whether a Conclusive Grounds Decision made by the Single Competent Authority (“SCA”) that a...
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Retention of data on alleged rapist lawful despite acquittal in criminal...
YZ, R (on the application of) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police (Rev 1) [2021] EWHC 1060 (30 April 2021) The claimant YZ had been acquitted on three counts raping his former wife but details...
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The Weekly Round-up: Criminal justice scandals and ‘prison-like’ hotels for...
In the news: Failures of the criminal justice system were once again under the spotlight this week. On Wednesday, business minister Paul Scully announced a statutory inquiry into the sub-postmaster...
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The Weekly Round-up: Further sanctions for Belarus and the end of the legal...
In the news: The arrest of opposition activist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend, Sofia Sapega in Minsk last Sunday, following the forced grounding of Ryanair flight FR4978 from Athens to Vilnius...
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German Courts: more questioning of the legality of Coronavirus restrictions
The first provision of German Basic Law (Grundgesetz) On 28th of April I wrote up a judgment by Weimar District Court Judge Dettmar against masks and social distancing in schools, and his subsequent...
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Latest Law Pod UK episode: Bill Browder on the Magnitsky Act
In Episode 145, Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Bill Browder, co-founder of Hermitage Capital, author of best-selling book Red Notice and justice activist. The episode focuses on Sergei Magnitsky, a...
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The Tigray Conflict: Ethiopia’s Humanitarian Disaster — Harry Sanders
Map of the Tigray conflict, which began in November and remains ongoing This article was written by Harry Sanders, a content writer for the Immigration Advice Service. Since November 2020, the Tigray...
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Withdrawal of life sustaining treatment v profound religious beliefs in...
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust v Alta Fixsler (By Her Children’s Guardian) (First Respondent) v Mrs Fixsler (Second Respondent) and Mr Fixsler (Third Respondent) Alta Fixsler was born with...
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UK’s Bulk interception of communications violated Articles 8 and 10
In its judgment of 25 May 2021 the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights found that certain aspects of the UK’s regime governing bulk interception of communications were contrary to...
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High Court rejects ‘failure to remove’ abuse claim
In a significant adverse judgment for child abuse claimants, DFX v Coventry City Council [2021] EWHC 1382 (QB), Mrs Justice Lambert rejected a claim brought by a number of claimants who alleged that...
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The Weekly Round-Up: “Freedom Day” delayed
In the News: The Prime Minister’s recent decision to delay plans to lift coronavirus restrictions by a month has been met with criticism among some legal commentators. The removal of restrictions is...
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Cases against the medical profession: an extended review by Marina Wheeler QC
During the pandemic, the public’s gratitude to the medical profession has been palpable. But rightly, practitioners continue to be regulated, supervised by the Courts. Here we report a clutch of...
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The Weekly Round-Up: Rape Report and damning findings from the Morgan Inquiry
In the News: On Friday 18 June, the Ministry of Justice published the End-to-End Rape Review Report on Findings and Actions, which assesses how the system is currently failing rape complainants, and...
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Supreme Court Revisits Wrongful Birth Claims: an extended look — Robert...
In Khan v. Meadows [2021] UKSC 21 the Supreme Court has revisited the principles to be applied in “wrongful birth” claims: claims for the cost of bringing up a disabled child who would not have been...
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