Mon 23/4/2012
European Court of Human Rights: House of Commons
An update was provided on the Government’s efforts to reform the ECtHR as part of the UK’s chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, including the implications of the Brighton declaration.
Kenneth Clarke, Sec of St for Justice, Conservative
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Equality and Human Rights Commission: House of Commons
Representatives of the Scottish and Welsh Governments took part in the extensive engagement events that the Government Equalities Office held in March and April 2011 on the new information, advice and support system for victims of discrimination and human rights abuses and continues to have regular contact.
Lynne Featherstone, Under-Sec of St for Equalities, Lib Dem
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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: House of Lords
Final proposed amendments from the Commons were considered.
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European Court of Human Rights: House of Commons
An update was provided on the Government’s efforts to reform the ECtHR as part of the UK’s chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, including the implications of the Brighton declaration.
Lord McNally, Min of St for Justice, Lib Dem
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Asylum: Judiciary
In R (on the app of HA (Nigeria)) v Sec of St for the Home Department, the detention of a mentally ill person in an immigration removal centre amounted to inhuman and degrading treatment and false imprisonment, and was irrational the High Court has ruled.
Judgment | UKHRB
Deportation: Media
David Cameron has said that the Home Office checked the deadline date for Abu Qatada’s deportation appeal with the ECtHR.
BBC
Tues 24/4/2012
Deportation: House of Lords
The Government are clear that Abu Qatada has no right to refer the case to the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR since the three-month deadline to do so had lapsed.
Lord Henley, Min of St for Crime Prevention and Anti-Social Behaviour, Conservative
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Protection of Freedoms Bill: House of Lords
Final proposed amendments from the Commons were considered.
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Equality and Human Rights Commission: House of Lords
The EHRC has exercised its power to apply for judicial review in one matter that involved alleged breaches of convention rights in EHRC v the Prime Minister and Ors. The EHRC’s claim did not succeed.
Baroness Verma, Government Whip, Conservative
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Equality and Human Rights Commission: House of Lords
Details were provided of the EHRC’s expenditure on firstly, using its powers of assistance and strategic law enforcement to tackle unlawful discrimination and secondly, obtaining legal advice from external barristers, advocates and solicitors.
Baroness Verma, Government Whip, Conservative
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Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill: House of Commons
Final proposed amendments from the Lords were considered.
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Political Advertising: Judiciary
In London Christian Radio Ltd and Anor v Radio Advertising Clearance Centre (RACC) and Secretary of State for Culture the High Court upheld the refusal of the broadcasting regulator to clear an advertisement for transmission on the grounds that it offended the prohibition on political advertising.
Judgment | UKHRB
Contempt of Court (NI): Media
A lawyer for the former Northern Ireland Secretary of State Peter Hain has questioned whether the legal action against him over his autobiography is lawful.
BBC
Deportation: Media
Home Secretary Theresa May has said she was given ‘unambiguous’ legal advice about the deadline for an appeal over the deportation of Abu Qatada.
BBC
Wed 25/4/2012
Same-Sex Marriage: House of Commons
The Government will continue to consider any relevant court judgments as they arise in relation to UK Government policy.
Lynne Featherstone, Under-Sec of St for Equalities, Lib Dem
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Healthcare: Judiciary
In Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, R (on the app of) v Joint Committee of Primary Care Trusts and Anor, the Court of Appeal found there was nothing unlawful in the consultation process resulting in the Royal Brompton failing to be chosen as one of two specialist centres.
Judgment | UKHRB
Same-Sex Marriage: Media
The Roman Catholic church has written to every state-funded Catholic secondary school in England and Wales asking them to encourage pupils to sign a petition against gay marriage.
Guardian
Fri 27/4/2012
Right to Protest: Media
Rules preventing demonstrators sleeping near the Houses of Parliament have been upheld by the High Court in a landmark ruling.
BBC | Guardian
Public Access to Land: Media
Jeremy Clarkson has lost a legal battle in a dispute over public access to a path near his Isle of Man home.
BBC
Sat 28/4/2012
Immigration: Media
The government is to announce tough immigration requirements that would ban non-EU citizens who have been accused of serious human rights abuses, including torture or murder, from visiting the UK.
Guardian
Right to Protest: Media
Fifteen protesters arrested for a potential breach of the peace are taking the police to court for a judicial review to challenge the tactics used that day against a ‘hypothetical protest that had already been criminalised’.
Guardian
