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Category Archives: Human Rights
The Future of Legal Aid – Why we Need to Act Now
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
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
Iraq ten years on
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
Inside the Sean Rigg Inquest
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
Why secret justice is bad for Britain
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
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
The Right to Help Each Other
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?
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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Costing Services for the Disabled
Tim Baldwin summarises an important Supreme Court decision on the duties of local authorities when providing services to disabled persons In R (on the application of KM (by his mother & litigation friend JM)) v Cambridgeshire County Council the Supreme … Continue reading
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The Duty to House and Support the Vulnerable
Tim Baldwin summarises a recent noteworthy High Court decision on housing and support for a terminally ill individual In R (Adalberto Jesus de Almeida) v Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea the High Court considered a challenge by a terminally … Continue reading
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