Julia Lowis is a barrister practising in public law (including immigration and asylum) and international human rights at 3 Hare Court and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2013. She holds a First Class law degree and Mst in International Human Rights Law with Distinction from the University of Oxford. She is a member of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) approved panel of counsel.
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UK Supreme Court Relaxes the Test for Establishing a Breach of Article 3 in Medical Removal Cases
On 29 April 2020, the UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment in the case of AM(Zimbabwe) v SSHD [2020] UKSC. This completes the domestic line of authority grappling with the ECtHR’s Grand Chamber’s judgment in Paposhvili v Belgium, ...
Denial of the Right to Life in Kenya’s Urban Settlements
Over 56% of Kenya’s urban population live in informal settlements, with Kibera in Nairobi being Africa’s biggest slum. Within them, there are widespread instances of killings of young males by police, allegedly in the fight against ...
Establishing a breach of Article 3 in medical cases: The ‘applicability’ of Strasbourg jurisprudence (update)
Following my earlier blog post on the case of EA, the CA last week handed down its judgment in AM (Zimbabwe) v SSHD, providing some further guidance on the approach of domestic courts to the Strasbourg Grand Chamber decision in ...
Establishing a breach of Article 3 in medical cases: The ‘applicability’ of Strasbourg jurisprudence
In EA & Ors (Article 3 medical cases – Paposhvili not applicable) [2017] UKUT 00445, the Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) refused to follow the most recent Strasbourg caselaw regarding the test for a breach of ...
