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Legal aid budget protests: Eight reasons to back lawyers' campaign - Ros Wynne Jones - Mirror Online May 22, 2013
Sydney Chawatama in a Court of Protection case on the capacity of a woman with mental health problems to have an abortion. May 22, 2013
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill: Report and third reading May 22, 2013
Closed material and closed proceedings in FOIA litigation: authoritative guidance from the Upper Tribunal - Panopticon Blog May 22, 2013
Victory for welfare campaigners as judges rule controversial disability benefits procedure is unfair - Mind May 22, 2013
Article 19: The Right to Blog - Policy Brief (PDF) May 22, 2013
Interesting and important > Article 19 and the “Right to Blog” - @inforrm May 22, 2013
M, R (on the application of) v The Parole Board & Ors [2013] EWHC 1360 (Admin) (22 May 2013) May 22, 2013
Court of appeal lifts anonymity order on triple child murderer's parole Judicial Review, refuses to give general guidance on press notification for anonymity applications

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M, R (on the application of) v The Parole Board & Ors [2013] EWHC 1360 (Admin) (22 May 2013) May 22, 2013
Court of appeal lifts anonymity order on triple child murderer's parole Judicial Review, refuses to give general guidance on press notification for anonymity applications
Calland, R (on the application of) v Financial Ombudsman Service Ltd [2013] EWHC 1327 (Admin) (21 May 2013) May 21, 2013
Decision of Financial Ombusman was not unfair nor did it breach Article 6 ECHR for failure to hold an oral hearing. Art 6 question was whether fairness requried an oral hearing in specific facts of the case. It didn't.
Kaiyam, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Justice [2013] EWHC 1340 (Admin) (21 May 2013) May 21, 2013
High Court judgment on the scope of prisons' duty to provide relevant rehabilitative work in light of HoL decision in James v MoJ. Claim fails.
Azaroal, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1248 (Admin) (17 May 2013) May 18, 2013
Continuing detention pending deportation of convicted violent burgler would be unlawful, rules High Court
EO & Ors, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1236 (Admin) (17 May 2013) May 17, 2013
Important High Court decision on the policy exercised towards immigration detainees who claim they have been tortured. All five claims succeeded
Judgment Shindler v. the United Kingdom - right to vote of British national living abroad May 7, 2013
European Court of Human Rights rules UK ban on ex-pats of over 15 yrs from voting compatible with human rights, specifically Article 3 of Protocol 1 (free and fair elections)

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Privacy and Press Freedom - seminar Thurs with ECtHR judge
Thursday 23 May 2013 17:30 to 19:30
Saving Civil Legal Aid and Judicial Review – briefing meeting for NGOs
Date: Tuesday 28 May 2013, Time: 16:00 - 18:00, Location: 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL, Law Society
Legal Aid Changes | The Government’s Proposals on Legal Aid: The Client, the Lawyer and the Rule of Law – Town Hall Meeting
London School of Economics Monday 20 May 2013, Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, 6.30 – 8.30 pm, Chair: Professor Conor Gearty LSE
UCL & Bindmans Debate: International Human Rights Breaches
State Accountability v State Immunity, UCL Faculty of Laws Events, Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at 6:00 PM (BST)
Fairness: What does this mean in 2013? Middlesex. University, London
Fairness: What does this mean in 2013? Middlesex University Conference, Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 6:00 PM - Thursday, May 23, 2013 at 4:00 PM

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