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4 Jun 2019 15:07
LGBT relationships and the school curriculum: a human rights analysisWhat is the scope of a school’s duty to accommodate the religion of a parent whose children attend its schools? From September 2020, it will become mandatory for “relationship education” which includes lessons about LGBT relationships to be taught in English primary schools under the Children and more...
4 Jun 2019 09:03
Secret Surveillance and a ‘Canadian Genocide’: the Round UpIn the News: The High Court has granted a without-notice injunction which bans protesters from gathering outside a primary school’s gates. Protesters have been campaigning for weeks against Anderton Park Primary School’s decision to teach its pupils about LGBT issues. The activists argue that the more...
3 Jun 2019 11:04
Secret Surveillance and a ‘Canadian Genocide’: the Round UpIn the News: The High Court has granted a without-notice injunction which bans protesters from gathering outside a primary school’s gates. Protesters have been campaigning for weeks against Anderton Park Primary School’s decision to teach its pupils about LGBT issues. The activists argue that the more...
3 Jun 2019 10:59
Withdrawal of life support: minimally conscious patientsA Clinical Commissioning Group v P (by her litigation friend the Official Solicitor) and TD [2019] EWCOP 18 The lesson to be learned from this case is to be careful of the hands into which you may fall, should you become incapacitated and end up in a vegetative or minimally conscious state. The more...
3 Jun 2019 10:42
The First Step Act and Trump – has the leopard changed its spots?It may have passed you by, but on December 21st last year a new criminal justice act was signed off by President Trump. It was the first major progressive criminal justice bill passed by the federal government for more than a decade. The First Step Act reduces mandatory minimum sentences for some more...
3 Jun 2019 09:35
Jeremy McBride represents on first request made by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human RightsThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has given its ruling on the first request made by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe under the infringement procedure introduced in 2010 into the European Convention on Human Rights by Article 46 § 4. The request had concerned more...
30 May 2019 11:21
Proselytising nurse’s dismissal upheld by the Court of AppealKuteh v Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust [2019] EWCA Civ 818 The Court of Appeal unanimously ruled that a nurse’s dismissal for improper proselytising was not unfair and that the hospital trust’s decision was not in contravention of the claimant’s rights as guaranteed by Article 9 of the European more...
28 May 2019 10:56
Round Up 27.05.19Child asylum seekers gain greater protections, clarification of the law on repatriations to dangerous states, a victory for car owners everywhere and some political matters… Theresa May resigns during a speech in Downing Street, May 24th 2019. Credit: The Guardian It would be virtually impossible more...
23 May 2019 08:29
Now, Alice through the Looking GlassBiologists are fond of using the analogy of Alice and the Red Queen to explain why, in the real world of parasites and defence immune systems, you have to run to keep still. In this post I will be looking at a similar problem in the legal world, where the rule of law paradigm is subject to more...
Home Office Policy Document: Suspension of enforced removal window
Home Office Policy Document: Suspension of enforced removal window This new policy document was published on 3 April 2019 and is the SSHD’s policy in response to the Medical Justice JR in which interim relief has been granted: more...
21 May 2019 11:29
High Court considers Article 2 inquests in medical casesR (Maguire) v HM’s Senior Coroner for Blackpool and Fylde [2019] EWHC 1232 (Admin) – Read Judgment A three-judge panel of the Divisional Court has re-affirmed that, in general, medical inquests do not engage the State’s positive obligations under Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights. more...
21 May 2019 11:22
The Round Up: Amnesty for Ireland and Another AnisminicBy a narrow 4-3 majority, the Supreme Court has ruled in R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal [2019] UKSC 22 that the extent of GCHQ’s powers to hack into internet services should be subject to judicial review, despite a powerfully-drawn ‘ouster clause’ which sought to prevent more...
14 May 2019 09:07
Landmark ruling for inquests and Chelsea Manning released from prison: The Round UpChelsea Manning, the ex-US intelligence analyst, was released from prison last week. Manning was found guilty of a variety of charges in 2013, including espionage. She was subsequently given the longest sentence for a security leak in US history. After serving an initial period in jail, the more...
13 May 2019 09:34
Sight impaired voters and the secret of the ballot boxHow can someone who suffers from severely limited sight avail herself of the process for making a mark on a paper ballot under the Representation of the People Act 1983? In R (on the application of Rachel Andrews v Minister for the Cabinet Office [2019] EWHC 1126 (Admin) Swift J was presented with more...
29 Apr 2019 14:37
Round Up 29.04.19 – Domestic courts on Easter vacation but the ECtHR keeps on…Mourners including Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald, DUP leader Arlene Foster and SNP leader Ian Blackford give a standing ovation after Fr Martin Magill’s speech at the funeral of journalist Lyra McKee in Belfast – April 24th 2019. Credit: The Guardian. This week more...
23 Apr 2019 11:29
Court of Appeal upholds ‘acoustic shock’ and Lord Sumption’s comments on assisted suicide- the Round UpIn the News: Lord Sumption, the recently retired Supreme Court judge, has suggested that the law on assisted suicide ought to be broken. Lord Sumption said that whilst assisted suicide should continue to be criminalised, relatives of terminally ill patients should follow their conscience and not more...
23 Apr 2019 11:25
IBA opens dialogue with the Vatican on decriminalising homosexualityA meeting with Cardinal Pietro Parolin at the Vatican on Friday 5 April 2019 provided a rare opportunity for International Bar Association (IBA) and International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) representatives to seek Pope Francis’ support in decriminalising homosexuality. At the more...
23 Apr 2019 11:20
IBA calls for Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir to stand trial before the ICC, the world’s courtIn response to news reports that Uganda is considering offering Sudan’s deposed President Omar al-Bashir asylum, the International Bar Association (IBA) calls on all International Criminal Court (ICC) Member States, including Uganda, to hand over Mr Al Bashir to The Hague-based Court in order that more...
17 Apr 2019 13:31
Misuse of private information by Channel 5 documentary - public interest test, and damagesAli & Anor v Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 677 Part of the defendant’s documentary portrayed the claimants’ eviction. It included footage that the judge found represented an intrusion into their private life, not justified by the public interest, nor by legitimate exercise by the more...
17 Apr 2019 08:49
Migration crisis: Plight of 177 aboard coastguard ship prompts rule of law questions in ItalyThe plight of 177 migrants, who were picked up by an Italian coastguard ship and then allegedly left unable to disembark upon arrival in Italy in August 2018, has highlighted the difficulties facing African migrants making the perilous crossing into Europe. The events have also led to questions more...
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