‘On Tuesday the Court of Appeal handed down its judgment on David Miranda’s detention under the Terrorism Act 2000 and, while upholding the lawfulness of the detention in the immediate case, ruled that the stop powers under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act lack sufficient legal safeguards to be in line with Article 10.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st January 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘More than £1bn worth of bombs, missiles and rockets were sold under government licence to Saudi Arabia over three months last summer, according to human rights groups.’
The Guardian, 19th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A key clause in the Terrorism Act 2000 is incompatible with the European convention on human rights, the master of the rolls, Lord Dyson, has declared as part of a court of appeal judgment.’
The Guardian, 19th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The legal ban on heterosexual couples entering into civil partnerships is to be challenged in the high court.’
The Guardian, 19th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Householders can use a “disproportionate” level of force to protect themselves against intruders in their home, the High Court has confirmed in a landmark ruling.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘ Human rights lawyers who have brought thousands of war crimes cases against British troops will see their taxpayer-funded legal aid cut, in a new assault on “ambulance chasing” law firms. David Cameron has ordered a crackdown after becoming “very concerned” at the boom in compensation claims and investigations against soldiers over incidents in Iraq and Afghanistan.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘A costs judge has rejected an attempt by a newspaper group to avoid legal costs because an order infringed its right to freedom of expression.’
Law Society’s Gazette, 14th January 2016
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘In December 2015, the European Court of Human Rights, by 6 votes to 1, dismissed a Romanian national’s appeal against his employer’s decision to terminate his contract for using a professional Yahoo Messenger account to send personal messages to his fiancé and brother.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th January 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The review by Stephen Shaw into the welfare in immigration detention of vulnerable persons has been published today. The Government has responded stating that it “accepts the broad thrust of his recommendations” and that the Home Office expects its reforms reduce the number of those detained reduce and the duration of detention before removal.’
Free Movement, 14th January 2016
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
‘Employers can read workers’ private messages sent via chat software and webmail accounts during working hours, judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 13th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Landlords in England are being reminded that there is less than a month to go before “right to rent” rules go live.’
Home Office, 8th January 2016
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘A family court judge has come under fire after refusing to name a council that violated a man’s parental rights by taking his four-year-old daughter into care without a proper investigation.’
The Guardian, 10th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Two recent Court of Appeal cases, heard together, have considered the legality of the immigration detention of those who are, or possibly are, minors. Such cases involve local authority age assessments, which are to be carried out according to the guidance set out in Merton [2003] EWHC 1689 (Admin).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 6th January 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The place, manner and form of a protest may be important in determining whether there has been an infringement of a protester’s rights to freedom of expression and assembly, but were not necessarily so.’
WLR Daily, 18th December 2015
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘Leigh Day, Britain’s leading human rights law firm, is facing a disciplinary inquiry over the shredding of a document which could have halted a £31m inquiry into false allegations of murder and torture by British troops.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th January 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘It has been a fascinating year in which to edit this Blog. Political and social challenges – from continued government cuts to the alarming rise of Islamic State – have presented new human rights conundrums that have, as ever, slowly percolated to the doors of the country’s highest courts. And all this during the year of an astonishing General Election result and amid continually shifting sands around the future of the Human Rights Act.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd December 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed an appeal against a decision of Scotland’s High Court of Justiciary (available here) in which it refused to overturn a criminal conviction on the basis that the non-disclosure of evidence breached the appellant’s right to a fair trial under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 18th December 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Supreme Court has been accused of using “stereotypes” to justify the “targeting of young black men” after five judges gave their strong backing to the police’s random stop and search powers.’
The Independent, 17th December 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A Chinese dissident and MI6 informant convicted of murder after a secret trial has been prevented from taking his case to the European court of human rights.’
The Guardian, 16th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Department for Culture, Media and Sport challenged over its failure to carry out legal duty of providing quality public library services.’
The Guardian, 17th December 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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