Failing to Prioritise Religious Burials in London: Equal Treatment or Equality?
In R (ota Adath Yisroel Burial Society) v HM Senior Coroner for Inner North London [2018] EWHC 969, the High Court ...
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Valuing Dignity of the Windrush Generation
In listening to the experiences of the Windrush generation and their treatment by the UK Home Office, what stands ...
Cakes and the Conscience Wars
Last week, the U.K. Supreme Court heard argument in Lee v. Ashers Baking Company. The case involves a baker whose ...
Discriminatory changes to UK disability benefits: some hope from judicial intervention?
Welfare benefit law and policy has seen considerable controversy over the last few years, as existing benefits are ...
The future of law clinics: Part 2 – The Law Clinic in the University
Earlier, I wrote about the role of law clinics as agents of social justice in a democracy. In this post, I will ...
The future of law clinics: Part 1 – Social Justice, Human Rights and Law Clinics
It was clear from an excellent workshop in Tel Aviv University last month that an impressive number and variety of ...
Falling into gaps and getting stuck in traps: Post-18 transition for young people with learning difficulties
Connor Sparrowhawk, a young man of 18 with autism and epilepsy, was admitted to Slade House after he became ...
Reflections On The Rhodes University Travelling Fellowship
As one of two holders of the inaugural Oxford Human Rights Hub Travelling Research Fellowship, I have had the ...
Law and Disability: How The UK Is Still Reinforcing The Medical View Of Disability
In 2009, when the UK ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), it seemed to ...
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 ...
The Representation of the People Act 1918: A Democratic Milestone in the UK and Ireland
The Representation of the People Act 1918 gave the UK Parliamentary vote to virtually all men and the ...
Four Reasons for Retaining the Charter: Part 4 – The Counter-Arguments and their Weaknesses
The previous three posts examined the reasons for retaining the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in UK law after ...
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