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ALBA Conference 2019: A Review (Part 2)
This post, and those that follow, summarise some of the main points of interest arising from the ALBA Conference 2019. Article 14 ECHR discrimination challenges to social welfare measures: the second...
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Whistleblowing judges: protected by human rights?
Gilham (Appellant) v Ministry of Justice (Respondent) [2019] UKSC 44 – read judgment The UK Supreme Court has unanimously granted an appeal by a district judge against the Court of Appeal’s decision...
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Cambridge University Institute of Continuing Education Law in a changing genetic landscape (25 February – 12 April 2020) Law creates artificial relationships between non-related people and entities....
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Alex Ewing: “Bedroom tax” unlawful – Strasbourg Court
J.D. and A v the United Kingdom (nos. 32949/17 and 34614/17) – read judgment Much may have changed in the political world since the Coalition Government introduced its controversial ‘bedroom tax’, but...
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Did the UK violate Article 2 in Kosovo? Plus the Oval Four, and racism in the...
Conor Monighan brings us the latest updates in human rights law Winston Trew and his wife, Hyacinth. Credit: The Guardian. In the News: Court of Appeal judges overturned the convictions of the ‘Oval...
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The Round Up: Fast Fashion Victims
In the News: In a recent report entitled “It Still Happens Here”, the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) and the anti-slavery charity Justice and Care have found a rise in incidents of domestic slavery,...
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The Weekly Round-Up: Three Tiers
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester In the News: On 12 October 2020, the Prime Minister made a statement in Parliament and addressed the nation to announce a new three tier lockdown system would...
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LGBT rights in Northern Ireland
Belfast Pride, 2018 © Love Belfast Introduction In Northern Ireland, the Troubles are not the only part of its troubled past and present. In March this year, the Stormont administration found itself...
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Court of Appeal rules on the legality of Christian requirement by fostering...
R (Cornerstone) v Ofsted [2021] EWCA Civ 1390 In this claim for judicial review, the issue was whether it was lawful for the claimant independent fostering agency (Cornerstone) only to accept...
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Court of Appeal upholds Universal Credit childcare rules
Image: Flickr Salvato v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] EWCA Civ 1482 — read judgment The Court of Appeal has allowed the Secretary of State’s appeal against a ruling that the system...
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Gay marriage-cake case declared inadmissible by Strasbourg Court
Lee v. the United Kingdom (application no. 18860/19) The European Court of Human Rights has, by a majority, declared the application inadmissible. The decision is final. Background facts and law The...
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Self-Employment Support Scheme appeal dismissed
Image: Wikipedia R. (on the application of Motherhood Plan) v HM Treasury [2021] EWCA Civ 1703 In a judgment handed down on 24 November 2021, the Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal concerning the...
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Is “Perception-Based Recording” for hate crime compatible with freedom of...
The Appellant, Harry Miller, succeeded in this appeal. Image: The Guardian In R (Harry Miller) v The College of Policing [2021] EWCA Civ 1926, the Court of Appeal ruled that current police guidance on...
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Discrimination and Freedom of Belief in the Sex and Gender Debate
We do not usually cover first-instance employment tribunal judgments on this blog, but two cases handed down in the last three weeks – Forstater v. CGD Europe and Bailey v. Stonewall Equality Ltd and...
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Either not Neither: further consideration of non-binary identity by the High...
The Divisional Court (Lady Justice Laing and Mrs Justice Heather Williams) confirmed in R (Castellucii) v The Gender Recognition Panel and the Minister for Women and Equalities [2024] EWHC 54 (Admin)...
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