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Israeli Arab activist detention was (mostly) lawful
Mahajna v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 2481 (Admin) (30 September 2011). Read judgment. 1 Crown Office Row’s Neil Sheldon appeared for the Secretary of State in this case....
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Times can use leaked Police documents in libel defence
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis & Anor v Times Newspapers Ltd & Anor [2011] EWHC 2705 (QB) (24 October 2011) – Read judgment. Mr Justice Tugendhat has held that, with restrictions, The...
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Bishop can be vicariously liable for priest’s sex abuse, rules High Court
JGE v The English Province of Our Lady of Charity & Anor [2011] EWHC 2871 (QB) (08 November 2011) - Read judgment Elizabeth Anne-Gumbel QC and Justin Levinson of One Crown Office Row acted for the...
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Are some rights to private life just not cricket?
Mr Abdullah Manuwar and Secretary of State for the Home Department IA26/543/2010 – Read decision We have posted on this blog previously on some of the poor reporting of human rights cases. Alarm bells...
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What you can do with rights – Justice Edwin Cameron
On 25 January 2012 Justice Edwin Cameron, Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, delivered an emotive and thoughtful talk entitled “What you can do with rights”. The Law Commission’s...
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The democratic legitimacy of human rights
Why should we bother with the European Convention on Human Rights? Many of those that would never contemplate leaving the ECHR still question whether we should abide by controversial decisions such as...
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GP’s rights not violated by suspension from performers list
Malik v United Kingdom 23780/08 [2012] ECHR 438 (13 March 2012) - Read judgment The European Court of Human Rights held that the suspension of a GP from the Primary Care Trust (PCT) Performers List did...
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The rising cost of free speech: Reynolds, contempt and Twitter
Free speech is under attack. Or so it seems. The last few weeks have been abuzz with stories to do with free speech: a Supreme Court ruling on the Reynolds defence to libel; contempt of court...
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Consultation on children’s heart surgery was lawful, rules Court of Appeal
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, R (on the application of) v Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts & Anor [2012] EWCA Civ 472 - Read judgment. Marina Wheeler of 1 Crown Office...
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Censure of councillor for “sarcastic, lampooning and disrespectful” blog...
Calver, R (on the application of) v The Adjudication Panel for Wales [2012] EWHC 1172 (Admin) - Read judgment The decision to censure a Welsh councillor for comments on his blog was a disproportionate...
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Comment: How will the Defamation Bill protect free speech?
As expected, last week’s Queen’s Speech included plans to reform libel law. This follows a concerted campaign to improve protection of the right to free expression and bring greater clarity to...
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UK passes ‘human rights exam’, but with room to improve
Last week the UN Human Rights Commissioner published the draft report of the second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UK’s human rights record (draft report here, webcast of the UPR session...
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Police retention of photographs unlawful, High Court rules
The Queen, on the application of (1) RMC and (2) FJ – and – Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis. Read judgment. Liberal societies tend to view the retention of citizens’ private information by an...
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Levi Bellfield newspaper articles were in contempt of court
Millie Dowler HM Attorney General v Associated Newspapers Ltd & Anor [2012] EWHC 2029 (Admin) (18 July 2012) Read judgment. The Divisional Court ruled that reports of Levi Bellfield in the Daily...
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