Organ Donation: New Law, New Horizons
The Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 became law on 15th March 2019 and introduces a new system of organ ...
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Police Use of Automated Facial Recognition Technology: an Emerging Challenge for Human Rights
Earlier this week, the High Court at Cardiff held that police use of automated facial recognition technology (AFR) ...
Prorogation: Three Assumptions
Litigation is often predicated on certain assumptions. These may be the result of argumentation of the parties, the
Prorogation: Constitutional Principle and Law, Fact and Causation
The Prime Minister’s recent announcement that Parliament would be prorogued, thereby severely curtailing the ...
Playing Hardball with the Queen
The idea of constitutional hardball was introduced to the world by Mark Tushnet. The sport is played when political
NDAs in Discrimination Cases: UK Women and Equalities Select Committee Report & Collective/Individual Justice Dilemmas
In June 2019 the UK Parliament’s Women and Equalities Select Committee (‘WESC’) published a report on the use of ...
Updates on the Modern Slavery Act 2015: government showing signs of long-awaited leadership
In the past year, the UK government has made unprecedented efforts to increase its engagement with the Modern ...
Poverty in the UK is violating human rights. What’s next?
Last week, we presented the findings of our investigation into poverty in the United Kingdom to the UN Human Rights
Arm Sales to Saudi Arabia: Evaluating the Clear Risk of Violations of IHL
On Thursday 20 June, the Court of Appeal issued its open judgment in the appeal concerning the lawfulness of the ...
Boris Johnson combats allegations of misconduct in public office
Boris Johnson has been summoned to appear in the criminal courts: Is the case just a political stunt or ...
Stocker v Stocker: dictionaries, domestic violence, and defamation
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that a woman was not liable in defamation to her ex-husband for writing public ...
Kimathi and Others v Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Kimathi and Others v Foreign & Commonwealth Office [2018] EWHC 2066 (also known as the ‘Mau Mau litigation’, ...
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