Yorkshire ripper launches freedom bid – Daily Telegraph
“Yorkshire ripper Peter Sutcliffe has launched a bid for freedom, claiming his human rights have been breached.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: human rights
Human rights law ‘shielding rapists’ – Daily Telegraph
“A senior police officer has launched a scathing attack against ‘appalling’ murderers and rapists who protect themselves from justice using the Human Rights Act.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Rapist murderer had right to be housed – Daily Telegraph
“A convicted rapist sexually assaulted and murdered a teenage girl after a council was told he could not be evicted because it would breach his human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF (No 3) – Times Law Reports
Secretary of State for the Home Department v AF (No 3)
Queen’s Bench Division
“Fair trial provisions guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights could not be overcome by a claim that the offended party’s case had no possible chance of success.”
The Times, 25th April 2008
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Torturous journey – Law Society’s Gazette
“Roger Smith reflects on a bungled attempt by the government to expedite deportations to countries with dubious human rights records.“
Law Society’s Gazette, 24th April 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice – WLR Daily
R (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice [2008] EWCA Civ 359; [2008] WLR (D) 114
“S 35(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991, giving the Secretary of State power to override a Parole Board recommendation for the release on parole of a prisoner serving a sentence of more than 15 years, was not compatible with art 5(4) of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 17th April 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Clash of arms – Law Society’s Gazette
“Four landmark court rulings last week placed into sharp focus the ongoing trial of strength between ministers and the judiciary.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th April 2008
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Regina (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice – Times Law Reports
Regina (Black) v Secretary of State for Justice
Court of Appeal
“Section 35 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991, giving the Secretary of State for Justice power to block the release on licence of prisoners sentenced between 1991 and 2003 to prison terms of more than 15 years, was not compatible with article 5.4 of the European Convention on Human Rights, providing that anyone deprived of his liberty had the right to have the lawfulness of his detention decided speedily by a court.”
The Times, 18th April 2008
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Inmates win ‘cold turkey’ payout – The Times
“Taxpayers have footed a £1 million compensation bill after almost 200 drug-addicted prisoners sued the Government, claiming that denying them a heroin substitute breached their human rights.”
The Times, 18th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
The Law Explored: human rights on the battlefield – The Times
“Mr Justice Collins has drawn gasps of disbelief in some quarters by ruling that human rights law might apply to soldiers on active service. In particular, he said, soldiers might enjoy the protection of law on the right to life. ”
The Times, 16th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
AS and DD (Libya) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
AS and DD (Libya) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“A foreign national who challenged a deportation order made on national security grounds had to show substantial grounds for believing that if he was returned he would face a real risk of being subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment in contravention of article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 16th April 2008
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Regina (Smith) v Assistant Deputy Coroner for Oxfordshire – WLR Daily
“The procedural obligations arising under art 2 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms applied to an inquest on an United Kingdom soldier who had died of hyperthermia while on active service in Iraq.”
WLR Daily, 15th April 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Justice Secretary Jack Straw loses right to block release for prisoners – The Times
“The Justice Secretary lost his last power to block the release of dangerous prisoners from jail yesterday when the Court of Appeal ruled that it was a breach of human rights.”
The Times, 16th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Othman (Jordan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports
Othman (Jordan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
Court of Appeal
“A foreign national could not be deported on national security grounds to a state where he was at real risk of being tried on evidence obtained by torture because such an expulsion would contravene his right to a fair trial guaranteed by article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 15th April 2008
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Blow for MoD as judge rules soldiers have battlefield rights – Daily Telegraph
“The Ministry of Defence has been dealt a groundbreaking legal defeat by a High Court judge who ruled soldiers’ human rights must be protected on the battlefield.”
The Daily Telegraph, 11 April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
AS and DD (Libya) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 289 – WLR Daily
“In order to show strong grounds for believing that a foreign national if deported would face a real risk of being subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment in breach of art 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms it was necessary to produce evidence, not mere speculation, to establish that risk. That was a stringent test, requiring rigorous examination of the evidence.”
WLR Daily, 10th April 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Othman (Jordan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 290 – WLR Daily
Othman (Jordan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 290; [2008] WLR (D) 103
“The deportation of a foreign national on the ground that his presence was not conducive to the public good because he was a danger to the national security of the United Kingdom would breach that person’s right to a fair trial under art 6 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms if in the receiving state he was at real risk of being tried on evidence obtained by torture.”
WLR Daily, 10th April 2008
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R (Gentle and another) v Prime Minister and others [2008] UKHL 20 – WLR Daily
R (Gentle and another) v Prime Minister and others [2008] UKHL 20
“Art 2 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, which provided that “everyone’s right to life shall be protected by law”, did not place the Government under a duty to members of the armed forces and their families to hold a public inquiry into whether it had obtained adequate legal advice on the lawfulness under international law of the invasion of Iraq.”
WLR Daily, 10th April 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Goodall v Peak District National Park Authority – WLR Daily
Goodall v Peak District National Park Authority; [2008] WLR (D) 99
“The 28 day time limit for appealing against an enforcement notice prescribed by s174(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 was not incompatible with the right to a fair trial guaranteed by art 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 9th April 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Legal bid to force Iraq inquiry – BBC News
“Nine Law Lords are to rule on another legal bid to force a public inquiry into Britain’s involvement in Iraq.”
BBC News, 9th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
