Recent case summaries

20 March 2010 by Guest Contributor

• Not unlawful for a Roman Catholic adoption agency to reject same-sex couples (19 March 2010)
• Education not recognised as a “civil right” under Convention due process rules (12 March 2010)
• Exceptionally serious circumstances must be established to resist extradition order says Supreme Court (5 March 2010)
• EU Directive on Refugee status does not enhance asylum rights under Strasbourg Convention (28 February 2010)
• Mutual confidentiality between intelligence services trumped by open justice requirements (25 February 2010)
• Hindu wins right to be cremated on a traditional funeral pyre (11 February 2010)