Unmasking Truths Unraveling Stories
Unmasking Truths Unraveling Stories
On 5 June 2024, the Administrative Court gave its final word on relief in the (relatively) long running ECPAT UK judicial review (see R (ECPAT UK) v Kent County Council [2024] EWHC 1353 (Admin)). The case centred on Kent County Council’s (‘KCC’) failure to meet its statutory duty to look after unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (‘UAS […]
“BEING A JUDGE IN ISRAEL; TAKING JUDGING SERIOUSLY”: ONLINE GUEST LECTURE BY JUSTICE RUTH RONNEN, THE SUPREME COURT OF ISRAEL PART OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH NETWORK JUDGES GUEST LECTURE SERIES 25 AUGUST 2024, 10:00 am UK time/12:00pm Israel time Previously, the Global South Network invited all to attend the guest talk of Honourable Justice Ali […]
Far from being settled, after Brexit the debates around the place of the UK in Europe continue to be a central aspect of British politics. They remain so ahead of the 2024 general election. The question of the application in the UK of the European Convention on Human Rights seems to be a central point […]
The Liberal Democrat, Conservative and Labour manifestos offer markedly different visions for the future of devolution in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland after the 2024 UK General Election . At one extreme, the Liberal Democrats offer fundamental constitutional reform. If elected, they have promised to ‘transfer greater powers away from Westminster and Whitehall’ by ‘[strengthening] the voices of England, Wales, Scotland […]
If an application for asylum is refused, the applicant can appeal to the First-tier Tribunal. The latest tribunal statistics show a sharp increase in the number of asylum appeals lodged in the tribunal. In the year 2023/2024, there were 29,172 appeals lodged, which can be compared to 8,019 appeals lodged during the previous year—a 264% […]
Friday 8th November 2024, 10:00am – 17:00pm, University of Worcester (in-person) A conference hosted by the University of Worcester School of Law and the Constitutions, Rights and Justice Research Group, in association with the UK Constitutional Law Association Keynote: Prof. Satvinder Juss, Barrister and Professor of Law, The Dickinson Poon School of Law, King’s College […]
Effects of a Constructive Dismissal When an employer dismisses an employee without sending them a formal termination notice, this is known as a constructive dismissal. Understanding the effects of a constructive dismissal can help employees understand their options, including filing a claim for wrongful termination. A constructive dismissal occurs when your employer makes a significant […]
On 11 June 2024, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down its judgment in Nealon and Hallam v United Kingdom. The case is important for two reasons: firstly, because it provides a long-awaited clarification of the law relating to the presumption of innocence under Article 6 of the Convention; secondly, […]
For the first time, by way of the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences Act (“the Act”), Parliament has legislated to quash criminal convictions. In this post I will argue that, no matter how understandable, indeed laudable, the intention behind this legislation, in its haste to offer a speedy and comprehensive correction to mass injustice, Parliament has crossed […]
Introduction Recently Texas governor Gregg Abbott openly defied the federal government over migration control. Echoing ‘the secessionist rhetoric’ of the Confederacy and Civil War Era, he claimed that the federal government ‘has broken the compact between the United States and the States’. This incident not only brings to light Texas’s various secessionist movements, such as […]
