The Bedroom Tax: the First Six Months
Editor’s Note: Over the past few weeks we have featured posts on various aspects of the controversial ‘bedroom tax’. Today, Justin Bates takes a closer look at the developing case...
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Waking Up On The Wrong Side Of The Bedroom Tax
To politicians and lawyers, the ‘bedroom tax’ is just media shorthand for statutory rules relating to housing benefit reductions for under-occupancy of housing association property, ushered in by the Welfare...
R v D: an Imperfect, yet Promising, Approach to the Treatment of the Niqaab in Court
Debate has recently been ignited in the UK about whether Muslim veils can be accommodated in court, stemming from Judge Peter Murphy’s decision in R v D. In her post...
The Queen v D(R): Wearing a Veil During Proceedings in Crown Court
In a recent Crown Court case The Queen v. D(R), His Honour Judge Murphy had to rule on whether a defendant charged with witness intimidation should be allowed to keep...
The Need for ‘Hard Evidence’ of Public Sector Equality Duty Outcomes
The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) Review report, published 6th September, was met with cautious relief. Until it was issued, many charity and campaigning groups were concerned the Duty, which...
The CEDAW Committee Holds an Uncomfortable Mirror to the UK
On July 26th, 2013 the CEDAW Committee released concluding observations on the UK’s compliance with CEDAW. The UK is obligated to publicize the findings of the Committee, although the Concluding...
Humanitarian Intervention? – International Law and the Non-Use of Force in Syria
The UK House of Commons voted by a slim majority (13 votes) against UK involvement in direct military action in Syria. This refusal to endorse the use of force does...
Plenty of evidence to support the Public Sector Equality Duty
The Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) is a key feature of the Equality Act 2010 and an essential tool to achieve this legislation’s objectives of eliminating discrimination, advancing equality and...
Indirectly Sending the Citizen Into Exile? The Relevance of British Citizenship to Proportionality Under Article 8 ECHR
Judgment in R (oao MM & Ors) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 1900 (Admin) was delivered on 5 July 2013 by Blake J. The judgment...
The choice before us? The report of the Commission on a Bill of Rights
In an article recently published in Public Law, Prof. Francesca Klug and I set out our analysis of the ill-fated report of the Commission on a Bill of Rights. Given...
John Eekelaar on the response to Abu Qatada’s deportation
It is depressing that some politicians are using the Abu Qatada case to denigrate our system for protecting human rights when we should be thankful that it has shown the...
John Eekelaar on the response to Abu Qatada's deportation
It is depressing that some politicians are using the Abu Qatada case to denigrate our system for protecting human rights when we should be thankful that it has shown the...
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