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Contribution by: Jennifer Spence
Court of Session (Inner House), 21 January 2010
Lord President (Hamilton), Lady Paton, Lord Carloway
Mr K, the unmarried father of a child (“X”), born 6 May 2002, applied to the Sheriff for parental rights and responsibilities in terms of section 11 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.36) (“the Act”). Mr K was named on X’s birth certificate …
Articles in: Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life
Principal Reporter v K [2010] CSIH 5
February 11, 2010 | No CommentsKB (Trinidad & Tobago) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
February 3, 2010 | No CommentsHeld that deportation cases did not call for a materially different approach from that required in ordinary removal cases,
Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Asylum & Immigration Law(1) JO (Uganda) (2) JT (Ivory Coast) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
February 3, 2010 | No CommentsHeld that in deportation cases on grounds of criminal offending, a balance had to be struck under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.8 with a proper appreciation of the special situation of those who had been in the host country since childhood.
Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Asylum & Immigration LawIn the matter of Guardian News & Media Ltd & Others sub nom Mohammed Jabar Ahmed & Others v HM Treasury; Mohammed Al-Ghabra v HM Treasury; HM Treasury R (on the application of Hani El Sayed Sabaei Youssef)
February 3, 2010 | No CommentsHeld that there was sufficient general public interest in publishing a report of proceedings challenging a freezing order to justify any curtailment of an individual’s right to respect for his private and family life.
Art. 08 Right to Private and Family Life, Art. 10 Freedom of Expression, Data Protection and Freedom of Information, Media Law, Misc.Khan v United Kingdom Application No 47486/06
February 3, 2010 | No CommentsContribution by Maria Clarke
The ECHR ruled unanimously that the deportation of a Pakistani national who had resided in the UK since he was three years old would be a breach of Art 8 of the ECHR if carried through.
Taking account of the time spent in UK, the lack of ties with Pakistan, the strength of his ties to UK and …
