“A 15-year-old boy who suffers from a rare medical condition that means he cannot eat protein is to make legal history by becoming the first child to sue his local health authority under the Human Rights Act.”
The Guardian, 2nd April 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Politicians should stop criticising human rights ruling as they are to blame for tying the hands of courts, the country’s most senior judge signalled yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who has been repeatedly jailed for the past eight years for defying an anti-social behaviour order (Asbo) is seeking to have it overturned.”
BBC News, 21st March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The much trumpeted commission on a UK Bill of Rights has been launched by the Ministry of Justice. It is pretty much as was recently leaked, although it will now have eight rather than six experts chaired by Sir Leigh Lewis, a former Permanent Secretary to the Department of Work and Pensions.”
Legal Week, 21st March 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“An independent Commission to investigate the case for a UK Bill of Rights has been launched today by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Secretary of State for Justice Kenneth Clarke.”
Ministry of Justice, 18th March 2011
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The government commission that is to investigate the case for a British bill of rights looks set to be deadlocked from the start, with its members evenly split between human rights act supporters and sceptics.”
The Guardian, 18th March 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Open Justice Unbound? (PDF)
Speech by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Master of the Rolls
Judicial Studies Board Annual Lecture, 16th March 2011
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“A criminal who killed a man in a pub brawl has won taxpayer-funded compensation because a delayed parole hearing breached his human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Nick Hardwick, the chief inspector of prisons, signalled he was in favour of some prisoners being given the vote, despite admitting he has not come across a single inmate who wants it.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A patient in Broadmoor Hospital who has spent more than two decades alongside some of Britain’s most dangerous criminals has won the right to have a review into his detention heard in public, The Independent has learned.”
The Independent, 9th March 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government has launched a legal bid to overturn a European Court of Human Rights ruling that the UK’s blanket ban on prisoners voting is unlawful.”
BBC News, 2nd March 2011
Souce: www.bbc.co.uk
“Insurance and pensions companies must be stopped from offering different prices and premiums to men and women from December 2012, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st March 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Young women could face big increases in the cost of car insurance, if insurers are told that they have to stop quoting different prices for men and women.”
BBC News, 1st March 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Three murderers who were expected to die in jail have launched a campaign for freedom based on their human rights and the European Court of Human Rights has agreed to hear the cases.”
Daily Telegraph, 26th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Male pensioners could lose around £340 a year if the European court backs gender equality rules for insurance companies this week, experts are predicting.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th February 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Jeremy Bamber and two other killers are to ask the European Court of Human Rights to rule on whole-life sentences.”
BBC News, 26th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Hundreds of foreign prisoners are held indefinitely after they have served their criminal sentences. Harriet Grant investigates.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“City litigators have questioned Justice Secretary Ken Clarke’s calls to reform the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the wake of its ruling that serving prisoners should be given the right to vote.”
Legal Week, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
“Two teenagers are seeking a judicial review into the government’s decision to allow university tuition fees to almost treble to up to £9,000 from next year.”
The Guardian, 24th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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