Regina (Condliff) v North Staffordshire Primary Care Trust [2011] EWCA Civ 910; [2011] WLR (D) 256
“It was not unlawful for a primary care trust to adopt a policy by which all individual funding requests were to be considered and determined exclusively by reference to clinical factors.”
WLR Daily, 27th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Thomas and others v Bridgend County Borough Council [2011] EWCA Civ 862; [2011] WLR (D) 254
“For article 1 of the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms to be engaged, it was enough to show interference with peaceful enjoyment possessions combined with evidence of loss of value.”
WLR Daily, 26th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A 22-stone, ‘morbidly obese’ ex-policeman has lost his latest attempt to force the NHS to pay for stomach surgery, despite his lawyers saying he might have less than a year to live.”
The Guardian, 27th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Huitson) v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2011] EWCA Civ 893 ; [2011] WLR (D) 248
“Section 58 of the Finance Act 2008 which amended fiscal legislation regarding double taxation relief with retrospective effect, thereby removing tax relief from tax avoidance schemes to United Kingdom residents, was neither disproportionate nor incompatible with article 1 of the First Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 25th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“A new immigration rule requiring people to be able to speak English to move to the UK to be with their spouse is a breach of human rights, a court heard yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The DNA of more than one million innocent people will not be wiped from police records, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A terrorist suspect and father of five has been ordered to move to a city outside London because of the risk that he might participate in fundraising for Pakistani militant groups.”
The Guardian, 22nd July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The family of a south London man who is fighting against his extradition to the US on terrorism charges have called for him to be tried in the UK.”
BBC News, 21st July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The family of Anni Dewani, who was murdered on her honeymoon in South Africa, told how they wanted ‘closure’ as extradition proceedings against her husband, Shrien, drew to a conclusion.”
The Guardian, 21st July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A British man accused of arranging for his wife to be murdered while they were on honeymoon in South Africa would be considered unfit to stand trial if he was facing a British court, his extradition hearing has been told.”
The Guardian, 18th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina v K [2011] EWCA Crim 1691; [2011] WLR (D) 231
“Slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour were core elements of the criminal offence of trafficking into the United Kingdom for exploitation and failing to remunerate at the national minimum wage was not determinative of guilt.”
WLR Daily, 8th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Tariq v Home Office (JUSTICE and another intervening) [2011] UKSC 35; [2011] WLR (D) 229
“The closed material procedure provided in the statutory scheme established for employment tribunals was in principle compatible with European Union law and article 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as scheduled to the Human Rights Act 1998.”
WLR Daily, 13th July 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Damian Green, the immigration minister, said he was ‘frustrated’ that domestic courts were taking a tougher line on Europe’s human rights laws than the European Court itself. The row centres on the growing instances when convicted criminals have successfully used the right to family life to avoid deportation. It emerged that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) allows for a removal unless there is an ‘insurmountable obstacle’ preventing the family from leaving too.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Family members from outside Europe who come to join close relatives settled in Britain are expected to be denied access to welfare benefits for up to five years under further plans to cut annual net migration to be detailed on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 13th July 2011
source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Four British Christians with religious discrimination claims at the European Court of Human Rights have been backed by the UK’s equality watchdog.”
BBC News, 12th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A former police officer is taking his legal battle over a health trust’s refusal to fund obesity surgery to the Court of Appeal.”
The Independent, 11th July 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Britain was an occupying power following the invasion of Iraq and failed to carry out effective investigations into the killing of civilians, the European court of human rights has ruled in a landmark judgment.”
The Guardian, 7th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related links: AL-JEDDA v. THE UNITED KINGDOM – 27021/08 [2011] ECHR 1092 (7 July 2011)
AL-SKEINI AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM – 55721/07 [2011] ECHR 1093 (7 July 2011)
“Taxpayers are funding almost £70,000 a day on legal aid for prisoners after a 25-fold increase in the last decade.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A former prima ballerina left disabled after a stroke has lost her supreme court battle for an overnight carer to give her ‘dignity and independence’.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Metropolitan police officers illegally detained children as young as 11 for more than six hours during a ‘kettling’ operation against tuition fee protesters, the high court has been told.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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