12 Sep, 2024 The Artificial Intelligence Framework Convention: What Impact on Human Rights? By Cian Murphy The Council of Europe has achieved a world first with the opening for signatures of the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence...
02 Apr, 2024 Interim Measures at the European Court of Human Rights - Form, Substance, Future By Cian Murphy Interim measures – steps that a court indicates to maintain the status quo until it decides the dispute – can be a key feature of...
22 Dec, 2023 A Guide to Sexual Risk Orders By Karlia Lykourgou Sexual Risk Orders (SROs) are a pain to the uninitiated. To be frank, they are a pain to the initiated too. They are civil orders that...
07 Jul, 2023 Maguire, Detention, and Article 2 Inquests By Cian Murphy Maguire [2023] UKSC 20 is the most recent, and highest, authority on the engagement of Article 2 ECHR in inquests. The Supreme Court’s...
19 Jun, 2023 What AB v Worcestershire CC Does and Doesn’t Mean for Victims By Cian Murphy The Court of Appeal’s recent decision in AB v Worcestershire County Council [2023] EWCA Civ 529 reaffirmed a basic principle of law on...
24 Mar, 2023 Dove (Part 2): Article 2 ECHR, Rabone, and Responsibility By Cian Murphy Last week the Court of Appeal gave judgment in Dove [2023] EWCA Civ 289, an appeal against the Divisional Court’s decision not to order a...
09 Mar, 2023 Community Care Law Reports - latest cases By Stephen Cragg KC Stephen Cragg KC, general editor of the Community Care Law Reports (CCLR), reviews the six cases featured in the March 2023 issue. CCLR...
02 Mar, 2023 A Court or an Adviser? Further proposed reforms to the Parole Board By Stephanie Davin Recent reports suggest that some of the changes set out in the Ministry of Justice’s 2022 ‘Root and Branch Review of the Parole System’...
28 Feb, 2023 When police officers commit gross misconduct – statutory framework and recent judicial reviews By Stephen Cragg KC Introduction The way in which police officers are disciplined has been the subject of hot debate recently, with calls for more powers to...
30 Jan, 2023 Westminster's allocations scheme unlawful By Zia Nabi Khayyat and another v Westminster City Council [2023] EWHC 30 (Admin) Summary A local housing authority is entitled to have a policy...
25 Oct, 2022 Worker status: three areas of uncertainty to look out for in 2023 By Cormac Devlin Finnian Clarke In 2018, the government committed to legislate on the tests for employment and worker status in their Good Work Plan. However, in their...
25 Jul, 2022 The Supreme Court explores the limits of diplomatic immunity in Basfar v Wong By Shanthi Sivakumaran The principle of legal immunity from civil and criminal suits for diplomatic agents is a long recognised and protected principle in...