The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: an Unprecedented Blow to Democracy and Fundamental Rights
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The Police, Crime, Sentencing and ...
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Google’s Victory Against Lloyd in UK Supreme Court: The Need for Class Action Legislation
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On 10 November 2021, the Supreme Court of the ...
UK High Court Grants Discretionary Leave to Remain for Victims of Trafficking
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On 12 October 2021, in KTT, R ...
Lee v UK: Exhausting Domestic Remedies
Today a chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) handed down its decision in Lee v UK, declaring ...
The Supreme Court Refused to Order the Legal Recognition of Elan-Cane’s Non-Gendered Identity
With its judgment in the Elan-Cane case, the UK Supreme Court lost an invaluable opportunity to ease one of the ...
Culture Wars and Constitutional Statutes: The Government’s Proposed Human Rights Act Reforms
This week, in response to the Independent Human Rights Act Review’s report, the Government published its proposals ...
The Nationality and Borders Bill has Passed the Commons, With the UK Set to Renege on Fundamental Protections for Asylum Seekers and Migrants
Last Wednesday, the Nationality and Borders Bill – fittingly dubbed the “Anti-refugee bill”– passed its third ...
Addressing the Gender Pay Gap Through Mandatory Reporting: A Comparison of British and Australian Legislation
Every country has a gender pay gap favouring men. This gap, which describes the difference in average wages ...
Disability-Selective Abortions – A Double-Edged Sword? High Court of England and Wales Gives Ruling on the Conflict Between Rights of Disabled Persons and Women’s Reproductive Choice
In Crowter & Ors, R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for Health And Social Care [2021] EWHC 2536 ...
Proposed Voter ID Reforms in the UK: The Dangers of ‘Fraud’ Based Regulation
The UK government’s Election Bill containing controversial Voter ID provisions is progressing with haste through ...
Using UN Frameworks to Further Racial Justice within Britain
In 2015, the United Nations promulgated an International Decade for people of African descent. The UN explained ...
What Remains Following the UNCRC (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill Reference Judgment?
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill (UNCRC Bill) passed ...
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