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Even the judges are getting angry – The Roundup

Posted in In the news, tagged on February 28, 2011 |

It’s time for the human rights roundup, a regular bulletin of all the law we haven’t quite managed to feature in full blog posts. The full list of links, updated each day, can be found here. #Without Prejudice – The Law Podcast 1: Assange, EAW, British Bill of Rights, Oversupply of lawyers and Silk Listen to [...]

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“Torture is wrong”: Discuss

Posted in Art. 3 | Torture / Inhumane Treatment, Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Case summaries, Criminal, Terrorism, tagged on February 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Ahmed & Anor v R [2011] EWCA Crim 184 (25 February 2011) – Read judgment “Torture is wrong”. The court of appeal made this simple and it would be hoped obvious statement in the appeal of two men convicted of terrorism and being active members of Al Qaeda. But, it turns out, the position on [...]

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When does life mean life?

Posted in Art. 3 | Torture / Inhumane Treatment, Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Case summaries, Criminal, European, In the news on February 28, 2011 |

  Three convicted murderers are challenging their sentences in the European Court of Human Rights. They claim that the rare “whole life” tariffs which have been imposed in their cases is contrary to their human rights. Jeremy Bamber, Peter Moore and Douglas Vinter were all convicted for murder and therefore sentenced to life imprisonment, which is the [...]

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Julian Assange must face rape charges in Sweden, rules court

Posted in Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Immigration/Extradition, In the news, tagged on February 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »

The judicial authority in Sweden -v- Julian Paul Assange – Read judgment Julian Assange, the founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, must face charges of sexual assault and rape in Sweden, the chief magistrate Howard Riddle has ruled. The case will almost certainly be appealed, so in reality there may not be a final decision for [...]

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Will churches really be sued for not allowing civil partnerships?

Posted in Art. 12 | Right to Marry / Found Family, Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Art. 9 | Thought/Conscience/Religion, Family, In the news, Religion, tagged , on February 24, 2011 | 7 Comments »

On 17 February the Home Secretary announced that the government was moving ahead with changes to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 which would allow the registration of civil partnerships to take place in religious premises. While welcomed by many, some have voiced concerns that permission will inevitably become coercion. They fear that religious organisations may face [...]

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When eviction breaches human rights

Posted in Art. 8 | Right to Privacy/Family, Case summaries, Housing, tagged on February 23, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Updated | London Borough of Hounslow v Powell [2011] UKSC 8 (23 February 2011) - Read judgment / press summary The Supreme Court has given important guidance as to when eviction from local authority housing amounts to a breach of a tenant’s human rights. It has also confirmed that courts should have the power to consider [...]

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Football “rioter” Garry Mann loses Euro human rights appeal

Posted in Art. 5 | Right to Liberty, Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Article 13 | Effective remedy, Case summaries, Criminal, European, Immigration/Extradition, tagged on February 23, 2011 |

Garry Norman MANN v Portugual and the United Kingdom – 360/10 [2011] ECHR 337 (1 February 2011) – Read judgment Garry Mann, a football fan who was convicted to two years in a Portuguese jail for rioting after an England match in 2004, has lost his appeal to the European Court of Human Rights against [...]

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A stormy week for European human rights – The Roundup

Posted in In the news on February 21, 2011 |

It’s time for the human rights roundup, a regular bulletin of all the law we haven’t quite managed to feature in full blog posts. The full list of links, updated each day, can be found here. Common sense approach to public protection proposed – Home Office A hot topic this week was the proposed reforms [...]

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“British soldiers go to hell” and free speech

Posted in Art. 10 | Freedom of Expression, Art. 11 | Freedom of Association, Case law, Case summaries, Criminal, In the news, Police, Politics / Public Order, tagged , on February 21, 2011 | 7 Comments »

Munim Abdul and Others v Director of Public Prosecutions [2011] EWHC 247 (Admin) – Read judgment The High Court has ruled that prosecution of a group of people who had shouted slogans, including, “burn in hell”, “baby killers” and “rapists” at a parade of British soldiers, was not a breach of their right to freedom [...]

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Prisoners not entitled to compensation for voting ban

Posted in Case law, Case summaries, In the news, Prisons, Protocol 1 Art. 3 | Free elections on February 19, 2011 |

Tovey & Ors v Ministry of Justice [2011] EWHC 271 (QB) (18 February 2011) – read judgment. In a case heard the day before Parliament debated whether it should amend the law preventing prisoners from voting, the High Court struck out a claim for compensation by a prisoner in respect of his disenfranchisement. Although it [...]

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Access to justice 2.0

Posted in In the news, tagged on February 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »

A sense of doom is gripping the legal profession in the face of significant cuts to the justice system. Amongst other consequences, legal aid may soon be reformed almost out of existence, meaning that lawyers will face the double jeopardy of fewer clients and more nightmarish cases against litigants in person. There is little we [...]

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That was the future of legal blogging

Posted in Blog news, Technology on February 18, 2011 | 9 Comments »

Last night, 35 legal bloggers, tweeters and journalists descended on 1 Crown Office Row chambers to debate the future of legal blogging. Twitter was abuzz with the event, and you can read the tweets even if you are not signed up to a Twitter account. The panel was made up legal bloggers David Allen Green [...]

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Beware the poor lawyer: the legal aid reform responses

Posted in Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Features, In the news, tagged on February 18, 2011 | 4 Comments »

The consultation on the Government’s proposed reforms of legal aid closed on Monday 14th February. The reforms amount to a substantial reduction in the scope of and eligibility for legal aid.  When opposition to reform of access to forests can force a Government U-turn, can opposition to reform of access to justice do the same? [...]

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The future of legal blogging – Tonight at 6pm

Posted in In the news, tagged on February 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Tonight at 6pm, 1 Crown Office Row is hosting a panel discussion on “The Future of Legal Blogging”. The panel will be legal bloggers David Allen Green (Jack of Kent / New Statesman), Carl Gardner (Head of Legal) and Adam Wagner (UK Human Rights Blog). It will be chaired by Catrin Griffiths, editor of The [...]

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Protection of Freedoms Bill: A new dawn for privacy? – Timothy Pitt-Payne QC

Posted in Art. 8 | Right to Privacy/Family, Freedom of Information, In the news, tagged on February 17, 2011 |

Updated | The Coalition Government’s Programme for Government, launched on 20th May 2010, made a number of commitments relating to information law, including issues about privacy and data protection. It also stated that the Government would introduce a Freedom Bill. On Friday last week (11th February) the Protection of Freedoms Bill was duly published, with lengthy [...]

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