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The Coalition: our programme for government

May 20, 2010 | No Comments

The Conservative/Lib Dem coalition today published its full programme for government.  Chapter 3 of the programme, titled Civil Liberties states:
“We will be strong in defence of freedom. The Government believes that the British state has become too authoritarian, and that over the past decade it has abused and eroded fundamental human freedoms and historic civil liberties. We need to restore …

Art. 02 Right to Life, Art. 03 Prohibition of Torture, Art. 04 Freedom from Slavery, Art. 05 Right to Liberty and Security, Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Art. 07 No Punishment without Law, Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Art. 09 Freedom of Thought, Conscience and Religion, Art. 10 Freedom of Expression, Art. 11 Freedom of Assembly and Association, Art. 12 Right to Marry and Found a Family, Art. 13 Effective Remedy, Art. 14 Prohibition of Discrimination, Commentaries

Prisoners May Sue if Denied Election Vote

February 22, 2010 | No Comments

Jamie 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 …

Art. 07 No Punishment without Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Prisons Law, Protocol 1, Art. 3 Right to Free and Fair Elections

Rights and Responsibilities: Civic Duty and the Rule of Law

December 10, 2009 | No Comments

The 2009 Denning Lecture, delivered by Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury Mr
To read the speech in full, please click here.

Art. 02 Right to Life, Art. 03 Prohibition of Torture, Art. 05 Right to Liberty and Security, Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Art. 07 No Punishment without Law, Misc.

Judicial Review of Legal Aid for Defamation Proceedings

November 24, 2009 | No Comments

DW (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 …

Art. 06 Right to a Fair Trial, Art. 07 No Punishment without Law, Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life

Hussein v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 2492 (Admin)

November 3, 2009 | No Comments

H, a Somali national who had been granted indefinite leave to remain in the UK, sought judicial review of his detention by the secretary of state pending determination of whether he should be deported following his imprisonment for criminal offences.  

Art. 05 Right to Liberty and Security, Art. 07 No Punishment without Law, Asylum & Immigration Law
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