Subscribe RSS
Comment RSS
The 2009 Denning Lecture, delivered by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury Mr
To read the speech in full, please click here.
Articles in: Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial
Rights and Responsibilities: Civic Duty and the Rule of Law
December 10, 2009 | No CommentsJudicial Review of Legal Aid for Defamation Proceedings
November 24, 2009 | No CommentsDW (AP) for Judicial Review of a decision of the Scottish Ministers to issue two directions relative to Legal Aid for Defamation proceedings, Lord Wheatley, 13 November 2009, Outer House, Court of Session.
In this case, a man whose partner had been refused fertility treatment on the basis that Edinburgh City Council had reported the existence of an apparently unfounded allegation …
New Blow to Rules on Suspects
November 19, 2009 | No CommentsThe High Court has rejected attempts to introduce “control lite” orders which restrict the movements of terror suspects, ruling that …
Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Criminal Law and Criminal ProcedureK v Authority Reporter 2009 WL 3122389
November 5, 2009 | No CommentsK, a disabled person, raised a devolution issue that articles 6, 8 and 14 of the ECHR were breached by the absence of a statutory provision permitting her to receive legal aid for a children’s hearing in respect of her child.
Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Art. 14 Prohibition of Discrimination, Child & Family Law, Child Disability Law, Legal AidFiona Davidson v Dallas McMillan
August 6, 2009 | No Comments4 August 2009
This was an appeal from the Employment Appeal Tribunal. A tribunal involving allegations of sexual discrimination, and subject to a restricted reporting order, settled before the evidence was all heard. A journalist asked that the RRO be lifted. The respondents, a law firm, and the individual, B, accused of perpetrating the behaviour complained of, objected that she had …
