“Strasbourg’s human rights’ court is due to issue a judgement this week on a highly controversial case brought by three of Britain’s most notorious murderers.”
The Independent, 8th July 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Ministers are to look at curtailing benefits for those suspected of terror offences, the home secretary has said.”
BBC News, 8th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Statement by Home Secretary Theresa May following the deportation of Abu Qatada on Sunday (7 July).”
Home Office, 7th July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
“This was a case that was potentially important for establishing whether Article 8 defences could be run by private tenants, or by licencees and occupiers of private land. Despite Sir Alan Ward’s opening, the case falls short of being that, as we shall see.”
NearlyLegal, 7th July 2013
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
“Chris Grayling, the justice secretary, celebrated the successful deportation of Abu Qatada to Jordan on Sunday by saying the long-running saga meant there would have to be ‘wholesale changes’ in Britain’s human rights laws.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“UK family immigration rules are not discriminatory and do not infringe human
rights, the High Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 5th July 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A landowner’s right to recover possession of his property does not infringe the human rights of squatters, the Court of Appeal has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th July 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Lawyers for Derrick Kinsasi successfully argued that sending him back to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) would breach his ‘right to family life’ under Labour’s Human Rights Act, even though he is unmarried and has no children.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th July 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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“Students need to learn both the positive and negative impacts of law on human rights and global development, says Robert Tam.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Not all squatters are bad, a senior judge has said, as he suggested an Englishman’s home is no longer his castle.”
Daily Telegraph, 3rd July 2013
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“Speech on national security by Security Minister James Brokenshire to National Security Summit at Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre on 3 July Originally given at London. This is a transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered.”
Home Office, 3rd July 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
“On 29 May 2004, Bradley Bedford, then aged 13, was beaten senseless by one AH, then 15, whom he had the misfortune to encounter entirely by chance near the seaside in Torbay. AH was in a children’s home there which was contracted to the Defendant Council; AH was a ‘looked after’ child under section 20 of the Children Act 1989. Bradley sued the Council for failing to protect him. His claim was limited to one under the Human Rights Act, and Article 8 ECHR in particular.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 2nd July 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Does Taser use breach fundamental human rights? That was the question at a Law Society Public Debate Series event held on June 24, 2013.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 1st July 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
“The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) has featured prominently in the news in recent weeks, both as regards undercover police officers/’covert human intelligence sources’ and as regards the phone-hacking scandal.”
Panopticon, 28th June 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“Dumfries and Galloway -v- North [2013] UKSC 45. Yesterday’s much heralded equal pay ‘victory’ in the Supreme Court (see BBC Report) undoubtedly will be good news for the specific female claimants in the case who seek to vindicate their European Union rights to equal pay.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 27th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Litigation threat over ill-equipped troops will not affect decisions made in heat of battle, says General Sir Peter Wall.”
The Guardian, 27th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The absence of legal representation for defendants to an action for debt who contended they could not speak English resulted in the High Court granting an application that the trial be adjourned for a second time. The judgment is a good example of the interaction of Article 6 ECHR (right to a fair trial) with the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR).”
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th June 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Prisoners could be in line for thousands of pounds each in backdated compensation over the government’s refusal to give them the right to vote, MPs and peers have been warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th June 2013
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Cusack v Harrow London Borough Council [2013] UKSC 40; [2013] WLR (D) 250
“A highway authority had power under section 80 of the Highways Act 1980 to erect barriers so as to prevent vehicular access to a frontager’s forecourt, without paying compensation, in order to safeguard users of the highway and the fact that section 66(2) of the same Act conferred an alternative power to achieve the same object, which was subject to compensation, was immaterial.”
WLR Daily, 19th June 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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