New employment tribunal fees and discrimination: UNISON v Lord Chancellor; Equality and Human Rights Commission
The High Court (Moses LJ, Irwin J) today delivered judgment in the important judicial review proceedings brought ...
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Not reaping the benefits: the United Kingdom’s continuing violation of Article 12§1 of the European Social Charter
On 29 January 2014, the European Committee of Social Rights found, yet again, that the United Kingdom is in ...
The New Barbarians: Bulgarians and Romanians at the Gate!
Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany, is reputed to have said: ‘If you tell a lie big ...
Prosecuting in the Public Interest: CPS Guidelines from Assisted Suicide to Social Media
Although the DPP’s consent is required before a prosecution for assisted suicide can be brought, the discretion ...
XYZ or HJ: How do EU and UK refugee law stack up on identity issues?
The purpose of refugee law is to give sanctuary to people fleeing persecution because of some aspect of their ...
A Step Closer to Secret Justice?
The recent case of CF v Security Service provides an early indication of how the courts will treat the ...
For love and money? Unpaid Legal Internships in the Third-Sector
Recent litigation in the United States has successfully challenged the use of unpaid interns by large ...
Ode v High Court of Ireland: the Right to Respect for Family Life is Alive and Kicking
There is a constant undercurrent of scepticism in the UK regarding the role of human rights in the legal system. ...
If the Human Rights Act were repealed, could the common law fill the void?
It now looks pretty certain that, if Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has his way, the Conservative Party ...
Lessons from the South African Constitutional Court: a duty of care for police in England and Wales?
Last month at the inquest of Rachael Slack, a 38 year-old woman stabbed to death by her ex-partner, the jury ruled ...
Men and gender based violence: part of the problem, but also the solution?
Universities may well create the future leaders of our governments, economies, and communities—they are places of ...
Disenfranchising the Disenfranchised? – Appeal Rights in the Immigration Bill 2013
The first immigration bill to be published in four years was introduced in the House of Commons on 10 October ...
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