AA (Somalia) (Appellant) v Entry Clearance Officer (Addis Ababa) (Respondent) – Supreme Court
Supreme Court, 18th December 2013
Category: human rights
Mental health patients being denied human rights in court, warn leading lawyers – The Independent
‘People with mental health problems are being denied justice by some Court of Protection judges who fail to even consider hearing patients’ testimony, leading lawyers have told a House of Lords inquiry.’
The Independent, 3rd January 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
No rational basis for denying all prisoners the vote, concludes joint Parliamentary Committee – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Draft Voting Eligibility (Prisoners) Bill today published its report.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th December 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Scientology, University Unrest and Right to Die – the Human Rights Roundup – UK Human Rights Blog
‘This week, the Church of Scientology registered a win of sorts in the Supreme Court, while London’s biggest university said no to occupational student protests just as others were contemplating the possibility of gender-segregated talks Meanwhile, the Home Secretary puts forward her answer to modern day slavery, while the Joint Committee on Human Rights puts pressure on Chris Grayling regarding the proposed legal aid reforms.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 16th December 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Regina v Padda – WLR Daily
Regina v Padda [2013] EWCA Crim 2330; [2013] WLR (D) 496
‘Section 22(4)(a) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 preserved an obligation on the court and a discretion to make a confiscation order which was just and in so doing it could take into account all relevant circumstances and had to take into account the legislative policy in favour of maximising the recovery of the proceeds of crime, even from legitimately acquired assets.’
WLR Daily, 12th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Lord Judge – Constitutional Change: Unfinished Business – UCL Constitutional Unit
‘Lord Judge delivered a lecture on the topic of “Constitutional Change: Unfinished Business”.’
UCL Constitutional Unit, 17th December 2013
Source: www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit
European court ‘steamrolling’ Britain, warns leading judge – Daily Telegraph
‘Lord Mance warns the EU must not “steamroll” national courts to impose human rights rules on countries including the UK’
Daily Telegraph, 17th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Prisoners serving less than a year should be allowed to vote, says Parliamentary committee – The Independent
‘Prisoners serving sentences of 12 months or less should be given the vote, the Government is today told by an all-party parliamentary committee.’
The Independent, 18th December 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Cormac Mac Amhlaigh: Once More Unto the (Public/Private) Breach …: s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Severability Thesis – UK Constitutional Law Group
‘Two interesting recent blog posts dealt with the meaning of public and private under s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998. They were motivated by injunction proceedings in the High court whereby the Olympic Delivery Authority, (ODA) the body charged with the logistics and infrastructure of the London Olympic Games, had sought injunctions to restrain protestors from entering and occupying land which was to be developed as part of the Olympic site. The main issues emerging from this case discussed in the two posts was whether the ODA constituted a ‘core’ or ‘hybrid’ public authority under s. 6 HRA; whether it could itself enjoy human rights to defeat or counter any human rights obligations it may hold in its capacity as a ‘hybrid’ body exercising public functions; and where the ‘centre of gravity’ for determining the human rights obligations of hybrid bodies lay under the Act; under the s. 6(3)(b) ‘public function’ test or the definition of ‘private act’ under s. 6(5).’
UK Constitutional Law Group, 13th December 2013
Source: www.ukconstituionallaw.org
University segregation guidance – manifesting, not imposing, beliefs – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Controversy has been sparked by the guidance issued by Universities UK entitled External speakers in higher education institutions on the question of gender segregation in university talks.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 13th December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
The need for Gypsies and Travellers to respond to the Government’s balance of competences review on fundamental rights – Garden Court Chambers Blog
‘Marc Willers explains why it is so important that Gypsies and Travellers respond to the Government’s balance of competences review on fundamental rights by submitting evidence before 13 January 2014.
Garden Court Chambers Blog, 13th December 2013
Source: www.gclaw.wordpress.com
‘We tinker with assisted suicide laws at our peril’, warns Baroness Butler-Sloss – Daily Telegraph
‘Baroness Butler-Sloss’s message as Supreme Court considers landmark right-to-die challenge.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Prisoners ‘damn well shouldn’t’ be given right to vote, says David Cameron – The Guardian
‘Prisoners “damn well shouldn’t” be given the right to vote, David Cameron said as he called for the powers of European court of human rights to be restricted.’
The Guardian, 13th December 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Right-to-die challenge reaches Supreme Court – BBC News
‘Campaigners for the right to die are to have their arguments heard by the Supreme Court in the latest round of their legal battle.’
BBC News, 16th December 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Official watchdog says university sex segregation plans ‘not permissible’ – Daily Telegraph
‘Exclusive: The Equality and Human Rights Commission steps into the row over controversial guidelines which said gender segregation on campus should be allowed.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th December 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Law as a New Religion and Other Topics – Gresham College
‘Law is everywhere providing answers to almost everything. Ever larger numbers of students want to be part of the legal mechanisms that control us, regulate us and take over from politicians when politicians sense their own incapability. It is almost a new religion. In this lecture – and in the discussion to follow – some of the issues dealt with in earlier years by Professor Bogdanor (such as in his lectures, Judges or Legislators: Who Should Rule?, The Judges and the Constitution and The Human Rights Act: Cornerstone of a New Constitution) will be reviewed as will the effect of Europe on our law.’
Gresham College, 4th December 2013
Source: www.gresham.ac.uk
Court of Appeal calls on Supreme Court to resolve conflict between UK and Strasbourg law – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The Court of Appeal has ruled that continued detention in prison following the expiry of the “minimum terms” or “tariff periods” of their indeterminate terms of imprisonment did not breach prisoners’ Convention or common law rights, but has left it to the Supreme Court to determine the substance of the Convention claims in detail.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th December 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Regina (Kaiyam) v Secretary of State for Justice; Regina (Haney) v Same – WLR Daily
‘Where, in a case involving alleged breaches of rights under the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the Court of Appeal was faced with a conflict between decisions of the House of Lords and the European Court of Human Rights, the court could in appropriate circumstances dismiss the appeal and grant permission to appeal to the Supreme Court to resolve the conflict between the domestic law and that of the European Court, without hearing argument or expressing its views on the case.’
WLR Daily, 9th December 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Reforming the law on walking naked – a lanyard’s length between Convention rights and the English common law – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘I can’t help but smile at the thought of the furore that would ensue if (or when) the European Court of Human Rights were to decide that we English are far too uptight and ought not to be offended by nudity.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 10th December 2013
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
