13 Jul, 2021 Putting MWRF in its corner By Adam Straw KC In R (SC and others) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2021] UKSC 26 the Supreme Court decided that legislation which limited...
04 May, 2021 Birmingham City Council Housing Allocation Scheme found to discriminate against households with disabled members By Alice Irving The High Court has just handed down judgment in R (Nur) v Birmingham City Council [2021] EWHC 1138 (Admin). The case is an important win...
25 Sep, 2020 International human rights bodies, disability and Covid-19 By Oliver Lewis I have written an article in the European Human Rights Law Review on "Supranational human rights bodies and protecting the rights of...
01 Jun, 2020 The government has failed care home residents By Oliver Lewis This piece analyses the UK government's performance against ten policy objectives published by WHO Europe. It seeks to shed light on why...
21 Apr, 2020 The UK Government's guidance on combating coronavirus in care homes is inconsistent with WHO standards By Oliver Lewis Submission to the UK Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry into the human rights implications of the Government’s...
22 Mar, 2020 The Coronavirus Bill and Adult Social Care By Mary-Rachel McCabe Jamie Burton KC Update 29 March 2020: This post relates to the Coronavirus Bill 2020. For more on the Coronavirus Act 2020, and when the below provisions...
21 Mar, 2020 Disability, coronavirus and international human rights By Oliver Lewis This is a summary of guidance from international human rights bodies in relation to the protection of the rights of people with...