In Sammut v Next Steps Mental Healthcare Ltd and Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 2265(KB), HHJ Bird sitting as a judge of the High Court gave summary judgment in favour of the first defendant in a claim against a care home brought on behalf of the estate of a mental health patient […] The post Nursing home held not to be a public authority for the purposes of an Article 2 claim appeared first on UK Human Rights Blog ..read more

In the News At least 39 people were killed and over 3000 injured last week following a series of attacks in Lebanon and Syria in which electronic pagers and radios were remotely programmed to explode. The devices targeted appear to be those belonging to Hezbollah-affiliated individuals. The military group has claimed Israel was behind the […] The post The Weekly Round-Up: Explosions in Lebanon, Paterson loses in ECtHR, Huw Edwards sentenced appeared first on UK Human Rights Blog ..read more

In Episode 201 Emma-Louise Fenelon speaks to Emma Snell of JUSTICE and Christian Weaver, a barrister at Garden North Chambers about Achieving Racial Justice at Inquests: A Practitioner’s Guide (2024), a guide recently published by JUSTICE and INQUEST. His Honor Judge Mark Lucraft KC, Chief Coroner of England & Wales from 2016-2020 endorsed the guide saying the following: “This […] The post Law Pod UK latest: Raising Racism at Inquests appeared first on UK Human Rights Blog ..read more

In UK news The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn, has announced a public inquiry into the killing of Pat Finucane. Mr Finucane was a solicitor working in Belfast who had represented high profile IRA prisoners. He was killed by loyalist paramilitaries from the Ulster Defence Association in 1989 and a previous review […] The post The Weekly Round-up: Cumbria coal mine quashed, Finucane public inquiry announced, fire and rehire practices in the Supreme Court appeared first on UK Human Rights Blog ..read more

In The Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory v. The King (on the application of VT and Others), the UK Government has lost the latest round in long-running litigation concerning a group of individuals accommodated in basic facilities on the remote British Indian Ocean Territory (the “BIOT”). Background The BIOT is an archipelago consisting […] The post UK Government loses latest round in long-running Diego Garcia litigation appeared first on UK Human Rights Blog ..read more

In UK News Following May’s High Court judgment finding former Home Secretary Suella Braverman’s protest regulations unlawful, human rights organisation Liberty claimed last week that the Home Office has decided to continue its appeal. The case, spearheaded by Liberty, sought to challenge the lowering of the threshold for “serious disruption” during protest from “significant” and […] The post The Weekly Round-Up: Taliban Morality Law, Govt to Appeal Protest Ruling, & Scottish Prisons ‘Broken’ appeared first on UK Human Rights Blog ..read more

In UK news The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel de Souza, has published a report which found that black children are four times more likely to be strip searched compared to national population figures. The report analysed a dataset of all the strip searches conducted by all 44 police forces in England and Wales […] The post The Weekly Round-up: Hate speech in the UK, asylum seekers in Diego Garcia, and Ukraine ratifies ICC Rome Statute appeared first on UK Human Rights Blog ..read more

In UK News Riots continued throughout the UK last week, sparked by the attack and murder of 3 children in Southport on July 29th. The riots have been linked to a widely circulated online rumour falsely identifying the perpetrator as a Muslim asylum seeker. UK Chief Executive for Amnesty International, Sacha Deshmukh, has stated the […] The post The Weekly Round-Up: Riots Continue, No Appeal for Shamima Begum, & Venezuelan Unrest appeared first on UK Human Rights Blog ..read more

For those looking to keep on top of their CPD over the summer, in Episode 204 Emma-Louise Fenelon interviews John Whitting KC and Robert Mills about recent developments in clinical negligence. Robert Mills takes listeners through three recent cases on material contribution: John Whitting KC outlines developments in the law of informed consent: And the […] The post Law Pod UK Ep.204: 3 Essential Clinical Negligence Updates appeared first on UK Human Rights Blog ..read more

In UK news The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Seema Malhotra has announced the opening of the Afghan Citizens Resettlement Scheme Pathway 1 Stage 2: Separated Families. This is a reunification scheme for families separated during Operation Pitting. This was the operation in which vulnerable people such as the LGBT community, women’s rights activists and […] The post The Weekly Round-up: Family reunification scheme for Afghan refugees, world’s first AI regulation and puberty blocker ban lawful appeared first on UK Human Rights Blog ..read more