Category Archives: Human Rights

Cut Price Justice

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Anna Morris explains why the legal profession and the public must unite to oppose the government’s attack on legal aid If you stand by the Royal Courts of Justice this morning and listen, hard, you might be able to hear … Continue reading →

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Our First Podcast

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

We have just made our first podcast! It’s voiced by Rajeev Thacker and is a short discussion about the Supreme Court decision in Salvesen v Riddell on Article 1, Protocol 1. Let us know if you have any comments, and … Continue reading →

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The Future of Legal Aid – Why we Need to Act Now

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Connor Johnston, co-chair of the Young Legal Aid Lawyers, discusses the latest threats to legal aid On 23 April 2013 I gave a short talk at the Westminster Policy Forum on the “future market for publicly funded legal services”. The … Continue reading →

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Reporting from the Commonwealth Law Conference

Posted on April 23, 2013 by

Richard Harvey, Head of Garden Court International, writes about his fascinating trip to the 18th Commonwealth Law Conference in South Africa. I have just returned from a week representing Garden Court at the Commonwealth Law Conference in Cape Town. I … Continue reading →

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Iraq ten years on

Posted on March 24, 2013 by

Ten years on from the invasion of Iraq by British and American forces, Jo Wilding recalls her work there, and describes how now as an immigration barrister she meets the victims of the conflict as clients seeking asylum in the … Continue reading →

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Inside the Sean Rigg Inquest

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

Eight months on from the inquest into the death in police custody of Sean Rigg, Leslie Thomas gives an inside account of the case and why it is that he has dedicated much of his career to inquest work. Writing … Continue reading →

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Why secret justice is bad for Britain

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

As Parliament prepares to vote on the Justice and Security Bill today, Terry McGuinness outlines why Closed Material Procedures (CMP) are an affront to open justice. Sami al Saadi was a long way from home when in March 2004 Colonel … Continue reading →

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The Sean Rigg Inquest: Failures and Lessons Learnt

Posted on August 2, 2012 by

Yesterday’s narrative verdict in the Sean Rigg inquest revealed devastating failings by the police, mental health services, and the IPCC. Leslie Thomas reflects on the case and asks when will lessons be learnt by those trusted with public confidence? Tom … Continue reading →

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The Right to Help Each Other

Posted on July 27, 2012 by

In a guest post, Tom Gaisford argues that our discussion of human rights ignores one of our greatest freedoms The policy and discourse of human rights is mired in the dialectic of rights versus responsibilities. But this limited mode of … Continue reading →

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Police Detention of the Mentally Ill: When is Article 3 Breached?

Posted on June 13, 2012 by

Terry McGuinness analyses a Strasbourg decision dealing with the unlawful treatment of a mentally-ill man in police custody The European Court of Human Rights, in MS v UK, has unanimously held that the detention of a mentally-ill man in police … Continue reading →

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