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Weekly Round-Up: ‘One-in, one-out’, restriction zones, suspects’ asylum status, seeking parole, and libel in the courts
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Keeping PACE: Searson and Searson v CC of Nottinghamshire Constabulary
Searson and Another v Chief Constable of Nottingham Constabulary [2025] EWHC 1982 (KB) By Kian Leong Tan In Searson v Chief ...
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A few questions for the Attorney General
Letter from the Shadow Attorney General to Labour's Attorney General Richard Hermer KC regarding recognition of Palestine ...
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Note to subscribers: we have a new platform on Substack
Most of our subscribers will have received a “Welcome to Substack” email regarding the UKHRB. To avoid any confusiong we wanted to assure you that this does not mean that we have moved the content of ...
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The Weekly Round Up: Human Rights reports on Gaza, courts to hear challenges from Palestine Action co-founder and Good Law Project in November
Human Rights reports on Gaza, courts to hear challenges from Palestine Action co-founder and Good Law Project in November ...
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Coronial investigation of the Police after suicide - Coroner's ...
R (Ferguson) v HM Assistant Coroner for Sefton, Knowlsey and St Helens [2025] EWHC 1901 (Admin) concerned a challenge by the next of kin of Joseph Farley, who died after jumping from the fourteenth ...
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The Weekly Round-Up: Leveson Review, Employment Rights Bill, Anglo ...
The Weekly Round-Up: Leveson Review, Employment Rights Bill, Anglo-French migration deal, and Palestine Action 14 July 2025 by Jennifer Zhou In UK News: The Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, ...
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What to do about Climate Change: “an existential problem of planetary ...
What to do about Climate Change: “an existential problem of planetary proportions.” 24 July 2025 by David Hart KC On 23 July 2025, the International Court of Justice delivered an advisory Opinion on ...
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Attorney General’s refusal of a fiat to seek a fresh inquest is non ...
In R (Campbell) v HM Attorney General [2025] EWHC 1653 (Admin), the Divisional Court (Lord Justice Stuart-Smith and Mr Justice Chamberlain) determined that a refusal by the Attorney General to issue a ...
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The Weekly Round Up: Challenge to SC ruling on biological sex, sex ...
The Weekly Round Up: Challenge to SC ruling on biological sex, sex offenders banned from claiming asylum, challenge to Israel’s legal duties in the ICJ, and anti-protest Regulations found to be ...
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An inquest after a murder: Coroner’s decision not to resume is upheld ...
An inquest after a murder: Coroner’s decision not to resume is upheld despite Article 2 challenge 21 July 2025 by Richard Mumford ...
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The Weekly Round Up: UK climate policy challenged in ECtHR, US ...
The Weekly Round Up: UK climate policy challenged in ECtHR, US threatens suspension of habeas corpus, Privy Council holds Cayman Islands Immigration System not incompatible with Bill of Rights 14 May ...