‘A university’s decision to expel a student for posting a comment online saying homosexuality was a sin was lawful, a court has ruled.’
BBC News, 27th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The first episode from the Public Law Seminar given by members of 1 Crown Office Row is now available for podcast download here or from iTunes under Law Pod UK. Look for Episode 13: Tackling radicalisation through the civil courts.
UK Human Rights Blog, 26th October 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Rules on disclosing crimes committed in childhood in England and Wales should be “radically revised”, say MPs.’
BBC News, 27th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The law of vicarious liability is on the move” proclaimed Lord Phillips in the last judgment he delivered as President of the Supreme Court: Various Claimants v Catholic Child Welfare Society [2012] UKSC 56, (“the Christian Brothers case”). In a judgment recently handed down by the Supreme Court in the case of Armes (Appellant) v Nottinghamshire County Council (Respondent) [2017] UKSC 60, His Lordship has been proved correct.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd October 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘In recent years, disabled and terminally ill applicants have brought repeated legal challenges to section 2 of the Suicide Act 1961, which makes it an offence intentionally to do an act capable of encouraging or assisting the suicide or attempted suicide of another. Anna Beale considers Conway v Secretary of State for Justice, the most recent contribution to this difficult and complex area of law.’
Cloisters, 6th October 2017
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘The High Court held that an employer did not have a claim to property in emails or the contents of emails (not limited to those concerning business matters) that were sent by employees from the employer’s email accounts.’
Blackstone Chambers, 4th October 2017
Source: www.employeecompetition.com
‘In the Miller litigation, the UK Government placed considerable weight upon its intention to enact a “Great Repeal Bill”. As the Supreme Court understood it, such a Bill would “…repeal the 1972 Act and, wherever practical, it will convert existing EU law into domestic law at least for a transitional period” (see the majority judgment at ¶34, see also ¶¶94, 263). Now that the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill has been published, it appears that Francovich damages are an important exception to this intention.’
Blackstone Chambers, 3rd October 2017
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘Human rights took centre-stage – alongside a healthy dose of politics – at a discussion between Shadow Minister for Brexit Sir Keir Starmer and the BBC’s Jo Coburn this week.’
RightsInfo, 19th October 2017
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘A judge who has spoken out over the impact of austerity on the justice system has taken a test whistleblowing case to the appeal court.’
The Guardian, 18th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An impartial jury is an essential part of our right to a fair trial, and the people may only consider evidence which has been lawfully presented in the courtroom.’
RightsInfo, 18th October 2017
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘Courts in the UK did not breach their obligation to protect a budding politician’s right to respect for his reputation when it dismissed his claim for allegedly defamatory comments published about him online, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 17th October 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In Adyan and Ors v Armenia [2017] ECHR 882, four Jehovah’s Witnesses had been convicted and imprisoned for refusing to perform either military or alternative civilian service.’
Law & Religion UK, 16th October 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘Last week, the Home Office lost a case over its controversial definition of “torture,” which the High Court ruled was unlawful.’
RightsInfo, 16th October 2017
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘This case concerns the issue of provision of assistance to a person with a serious wasting disease who wishes to commit suicide, so as to be able to exercise control over the time of his death as the disease reaches its final stages. See our previous post on it here and here. It follows a line of cases which have addressed that or similar issues, in particular R (Pretty) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2001] UKHL 61; [2002] 1 AC 800 (“Pretty“), R (Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] UKHL 54; [2010] 1 AC 345 (“Purdy“) and R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice [2014] UKSC 38; [2015] AC 657(“Nicklinson“). Permission to bring this judicial review was granted by the Court of Appeal (McFarlane and Beatson LJJ, see [2017] EWCA Civ 275), having earlier been refused by the Divisional Court (Burnett LJ, Charles and Jay JJ) at [2017] EWHC 640 (Admin’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th October 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘A campaigner has been given the go-ahead to bring a High Court challenge against the government over gender-neutral passports.’
BBC News, 11th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The victims commissioner, Helen Newlove, has urged the government to guarantee victims legally enforceable rights within the criminal justice system.’
The Guardian, 11th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Universal Credit is a new social security benefit that’s currently being rolled out across the UK.
Several politicians and charities – including some within Theresa’s May Government – have asked for the new scheme to be paused or stopped. But how does this relate to our human rights?’
RightsInfo, 9th October 2017
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘Mr Noel Conway, who is 67 and suffering from motor neurone disease, has lost the latest round in his bid to allow doctors to prescribe him a lethal dose of drugs when his health deteriorates further. His legal team had argued that he faced a stark and unfair choice: he could either bring about his own death while still physically able to do so, or await death with no control over how and when it came.’
Law & Religion UK, 5th October 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘Freedom of religion and same-sex equality are not inherently incompatible. But sometimes they do seem to be on a collision course. This happens, for instance, when religiously devout marriage officers refuse to marry same-sex couples. In the wake of legal recognition of same-sex marriage around the world, states have grappled with civil servants who cannot reconcile their legal duties with their religious beliefs.’
OUP Blog, 9th October 2017
Source: blog.oup.com
‘A man who is terminally ill with motor neurone disease has lost his High Court challenge to fight for his right to die.
The judgment does confirm, however, that the courts do have the authority to declare current inconsistency with human rights.’
The Independent, 5th October 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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