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Merris Amos (Queen Mary, University of London)
Modern Law Review M.L.R. (2009) Vol.72 No.6 Pages 883-908
Discusses whether the Human Rights Act 1998 should be replaced or supplemented by a “British” Bill of Rights, looking at problems with the Act, and comparing the Government and Opposition proposals. Considers public misunderstanding of the Act, criticism by the media and public figures, the limited …
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Problems with the Human Rights Act 1998 and How to Remedy Them: is a Bill of Rights the Answer?
February 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe Equality And Human Rights Commission’s Human Rights Inquiry: An Opportunity for Change
February 22, 2010 | No CommentsHelen Wildbore
European Human Rights Law Review E.H.R.L.R. (2010) No.1 Pages 59-72
Outlines the main findings and recommendations of the Human Rights Inquiry undertaken by the Equality and Human RightsCommission into the role of the Human Rights Act 1998 and how to develop the current human rights framework. Examines: (1) the impact of legal cases; (2) the impact of the Human Rights …
In 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.R (on the application of EW) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC 2957 (Admin)
December 14, 2009 | No CommentsW, an asylum seeker of Eritrean nationality, sought judicial review of the decision of the Secretary of State which certified that W’s human rights claim to remain in the UK was clearly unfounded. W had illegally entered the UK, and had been arrested and detained. Fingerprint checks against the European fingerprint database uncovered that the appellant had previously …
Art. 03 Prohibition of Torture, Asylum & Immigration Law, EU Law, Misc.BKM Ltd v British Broadcasting Corporation (2009)
December 14, 2009 | No Comments[2009] EWHC 3151 (Ch)
While clandestine filming undertaken by the BBC with a view to exposing failings in a care home for the elderly might have seriously infringed residents’ rights to privacy under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.8, it would not give rise to a sufficiently serious infringement of privacy rights to outweigh rights to freedom of expression …
