Scottish Human Rights Law Group

Andrew Whitaker
Scotsman, July 29, 2010 (Online edition)
CBI Scotland has warned that proposals made in a Scottish Government consultation, to extend Freedom of Information (FOI) laws and allow anyone the right to view information on bodies including councils, hospitals and prisons, would dissuade private sector firms from investing in public services. The proposals would mean that contractors building schools, hospitals and …

Following judicial review proceedings in the High Court of England and Wales by the Equality and Human Rights Commission against the National Offender Management Service, it was held that NOMS, in its treatment of some foreign prisoners, had failed to comply with laws on disability and race.
All public authorities are bound by law to conduct equality impact assessments and examine …

[2010] UKSC 7
Although the Crown’s failure to disclose to an accused material which might have materially weakened its case, or materially strengthened the accused’s case, had been incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.6, that did not mean that the trial had been unfair. An appeal court would find that a trial had been unfair only if …

Held that the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2006

The Claimant had been captured by the USA military in Afghanistan and had been detained in a variety of locations by the USA military authorities prior to being transferred to Guantanamo Bay. He claimed that any confessions which may have been made by him during the period of his detention were obtained through the use of torture or ill-treatment.