“Cameras that automatically record car number plates, a weapon in the fight against crime and terrorism, could breach human rights and privacy laws, the government’s surveillance watchdog warned today.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Compulsion to identify driver does not prejudice right to fair trial
O’Halloran v. United Kingdom; Francis v. United Kingdom
European Court of Human Rights
“Registered keepers of motor vehicles could lawfully be compelled to tell the police who was driving it on a particular occasion.”
The Times, 13th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“The UK must withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) because its interpretation by the courts encourages terrorists to come to Britain, according to a report published today.”
The Times, 9th July 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The government today launches a legal battle to try to persuade Britain’s top court, the House of Lords, that the control order regime, which it sees as a key weapon against terrorism, does not violate terror suspects’ human rights.”
The Guardian, 6th July 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two prisoners have launched a High Court action arguing they have been kept in conditions so bad that their human rights have been violated.”
BBC News, 4th July 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R (RJM) v. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2007] EWCA Civ 614
“Social security regulations, which disentitled a person without accommodation from receiving disability premium, did not discriminate against homeless persons on a ground relating to status for the purpose of art 14 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 28th June 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“A ruling leaves elderly and vulnerable people in private care homes with no protection from eviction or ill-treatment, writes Jon Robins.”
The Observer, 24th June 2007
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
YL v. Birmingham City Council [2007] UKHL 27
“A private care home providing care and accommodation for an elderly person under contract with a local authority was not exercising ‘functions of a public nature’ within s 6(3)(b) of the Human Rights Act 1998 so as to allow that person to claim against the home under s 6(1) of the Act for breach of her Convention rights when it was sought to remove her from the home.”
WLR Daily, 20th June 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Exercise of delegated council duty is a private function
YL v. Birmingham City Council and Others
House of Lords
“Where a private care home, under contract with a local authority, provided care and accommodation for an elderly person which the authority had been under a statutory duty to arrange, the care home was not exercising functions of a public nature so as to allow her to claim a breach of duty under the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 21st June 2007
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“Thousands of people who use hospital or school services contracted out by local authorities are without the protection of human rights laws, after a landmark ruling yesterday.”
The Times, 21st June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Private care homes that look after elderly and vulnerable people on behalf of local authorities are not covered by human rights laws, the House of Lords ruled today.”
The Times, 20th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Law Lords are due to rule on whether the Human Rights Act applies to private care homes in England and Wales if residents are council funded.”
BBC News, 20th June 2007
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
R (Al-Skeini and others) v. Secretary of State for Defence (Aire Centre and 10 others intervening)
S 6(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998 was capable of applying to acts committed by a UK public authority outside its territory where in exceptional circumstances the victim was “within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom” for purposes of art1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
WLR Daily, 13th June 2007
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Regina (Al-Skeini and Other) v. Secretary of State for Defence
House of Lords
“The Human Rights Act 1998 was capable of applying to acts of a United Kingdom public authority performed outside its territory only where the victim was within the jurisdiction of the UK for purposes of article 1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”
The Times, 14th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“The House of Lords held by a 4-1 majority that the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) applied to South East Basra in cases where Iraqis have been detained and kept in British Army custody.”
The Times, 13th June 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The European Convention on Human Rights does apply to the case of an Iraqi man who died while in the custody of British troops, the House of Lords ruled today.”
The Independent, 13th June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Dozens of Iraqi civilians who claim to have been victims of abuse committed by British soldiers are set to bring a test case in London for punitive damages against the government. The legal action, which will begin later this month in the High Court in London, follows two courts martial in which soldiers were convicted of mistreating prisoners after the invasion.”
The Independent on Sunday, 10th June 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Arbitrary delay in parole hearing
Regina (Johnson) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department and Another
Court of Appeal
“The failure by the Parole Board to consider speedily the entitlement of a long-term prisoner to parole made his continued detention after eligibility for parole arbitrary, unjustified and therefore unlawful.”
The Times, 30th May 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has upheld a House of Lords ruling that the UK Government did not act unlawfully by refusing to pay widows’ benefits to two widowers.”
The Lawyer, 28th May 2007
Source: www.thelawyer.com
“The Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, is under growing pressure to disclose his advice to the Army on whether British soldiers in Iraq needed to comply with the Human Rights Act.”
The Independent, 30th May 2007
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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