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This was an appeal against the deportation of an Iranian national whose application for asylum was refused and whose appeal rights were exhausted by 17 March 2005. He was subsequently convicted of grievous bodily harm. He wished to make a subsequent claim for humanitarian protection, however, the Secretary of State maintained that he was excluded from humanitarian protection due to …
Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Asylum & Immigration Law, Criminal Law and Criminal ProcedureArticles in: Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
R (Boroumand) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2010] EWHC 225 (Admin)
March 12, 2010 | No CommentsR (on the application of Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
March 7, 2010 | No CommentsR (on the application of BINYAM MOHAMED) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS (2010)
This appeal was based on Binyam Mohamed’s request for disclosure by the UK government of documentation and information, so as to assist his defence against charges which he anticipated would be brought against him by the US.Important legal issues arise from the working relationship …
Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Data Protection and Freedom of Information, International Law‘Is the Convention Ours?’
March 7, 2010 | No CommentsAn intervention by THE RIGHT HON LADY JUSTICE ARDEN DBE
Considering the theme for the opening of the legal year of the ECtHR, namely ‘The Convention is Yours’, this address asks whether the Convention is actually such. It considers the problematic reality of domestic law being misunderstood or misinterpreted by Strasbourg, in light of cases such as Osman v United Kingdom, …
Prisoners May Sue if Denied Election Vote
February 22, 2010 | No CommentsJamie Doward
Observer, February 7, 2010, 23
A coalition of judicial experts, lawyers and politicians has warned the Government that its continued ban on prisoners voting could lead to a series of legal challenges after the 2010 general election. In 2009 the Government acknowledged that some prisoners must be allowed to vote in line with a 2001 European Court of Human …
Legal Aid Under Labour in Government
February 22, 2010 | No CommentsFiona Bawdon
Legal Action (2010) February Pages 8-9
This, the first in a series of articles on the policies of the three main political parties relating to legal aid and legal service, examines the policies of the Labour party. Reviews Labour’s record on criminal justice, civil liberties, race discrimination and legal aid. Notes high and low points in Labour’s record since it …
