UK Human Rights Blog
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A blog about human rights case law and news (https://ukhumanrightsblog.com) run by @1crownofficerow.bsky.social barristers. This account is run by Comissioning Editor @jaspergold.bsky.social
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A brief update on the UK Human Rights Blog about the Court of Appeal's decision to overturn the injunction preventing the Bell Hotel from being used to house asylum seekers (and some comment on why it is a good decision!)
Court of Appeal Overturns Epping Asylum Hotel Injunction - UK Human Rights Blog
In a recent post, we covered the High Court’s headline-making decision in Epping Forest District Council v Somani Hotels Limited [2025] EWHC 2183 (KB) to grant an injunction preventing the Bell Hotel ...
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August 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A brief update on the UK Human Rights Blog about the Court of Appeal's decision to overturn the injunction preventing the Bell Hotel from being used to house asylum seekers (and some comment on why it is a good decision!)
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Not a legal comment as such but this looks unsatisfactory from a policy perspective. It suggests that the political tactics of encouraging protests & whipping up fear, even if unjustified, can affect the decision (even if only of "limited weight").
August 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Not a legal comment as such but this looks unsatisfactory from a policy perspective. It suggests that the political tactics of encouraging protests & whipping up fear, even if unjustified, can affect the decision (even if only of "limited weight").
An interesting challenge to police in false imprisonment by parents - themselves coincidentally police - accused of abuse and arrested.
Keeping PACE: Searson and Searson v CC of Nottinghamshire Constabulary - UK Human Rights Blog
Searson and Another v Chief Constable of Nottingham Constabulary [2025] EWHC 1982 (KB) By Kian Leong Tan In Searson v Chief Constable of Nottingham Constabulary [2025] EWHC 1982 (KB), the Appellants s...
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August 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
An interesting challenge to police in false imprisonment by parents - themselves coincidentally police - accused of abuse and arrested.
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Informed consent and the temptations of hindsight by Jasper Gold.
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August 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Informed consent and the temptations of hindsight by Jasper Gold.
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Palestine Action co-founder wins permission to challenge ban
Palestine Action co-founder wins permission to challenge ban
Huda Ammori argued that home secretary’s decision to proscribe group under terrorism laws was ‘abuse of power’
The co-founder of Palestine Action can bring a legal challenge to the home secretary’s decision to ban the direct action group under anti-terrorism laws, a high court judge has ruled.
Lawyers for Huda Ammori argued at a hearing in London last week that the proscription of Palestine Action, placing it on a par with groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, was “repugnant” and an “authoritarian and blatant abuse of power”. Continue reading...
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July 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Palestine Action co-founder wins permission to challenge ban
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There is a risk that this will get missed over the summer, so just to flag up this important call for evidence on human rights and the regulation of AI from the Joint Committee on Human Rights (and deadline for response is 5 September) - committees.parliament.uk/work/9220/hu...
New inquiry: Human Rights and the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence - Committees - UK Parliament
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has launched a new inquiry to examine how human rights can be protected in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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July 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
There is a risk that this will get missed over the summer, so just to flag up this important call for evidence on human rights and the regulation of AI from the Joint Committee on Human Rights (and deadline for response is 5 September) - committees.parliament.uk/work/9220/hu...
I've tried to test AI's ability to produce an output that matches reasoning according to rules and principles (I.e. the underlying skill behind legal issue spotting). It's dreadful at it (cf chronologies and OCR where it's much more useful). AI is simply not remotely capable of doing this justly.
'Thirdly, the Digital Justice System will need to use AI quickly and efficiently to identify the problems presented by individuals and small businesses and the best routes to resolution'
What could possibly go wrong?
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
What could possibly go wrong?
committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls and Head of Civil Justice – Supplementary Written Evidence (ROL0113)
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July 29, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I've tried to test AI's ability to produce an output that matches reasoning according to rules and principles (I.e. the underlying skill behind legal issue spotting). It's dreadful at it (cf chronologies and OCR where it's much more useful). AI is simply not remotely capable of doing this justly.
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Law Pod UK Ep.225 Rain of Dust.
In episode 225 of Law Pod UK Rosalind English talks to author David Kinley and lawyer Richard Meeran about an international legal drama involving a UK mining company and its South African employees.
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In episode 225 of Law Pod UK Rosalind English talks to author David Kinley and lawyer Richard Meeran about an international legal drama involving a UK mining company and its South African employees.
www.1cor.com/london/2025/...
#LawPodUK
July 28, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Law Pod UK Ep.225 Rain of Dust.
In episode 225 of Law Pod UK Rosalind English talks to author David Kinley and lawyer Richard Meeran about an international legal drama involving a UK mining company and its South African employees.
www.1cor.com/london/2025/...
#LawPodUK
In episode 225 of Law Pod UK Rosalind English talks to author David Kinley and lawyer Richard Meeran about an international legal drama involving a UK mining company and its South African employees.
www.1cor.com/london/2025/...
#LawPodUK
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The UK Supreme Court’s twin approaches to appellate proportionality administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/29/t...
The UK Supreme Court’s twin approaches to appellate proportionality
There is a lot to unpack in this morning’s Supreme Court judgment in the joint appeals of Shvidler v Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and Dalston Projects Ltd v …
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July 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The UK Supreme Court’s twin approaches to appellate proportionality administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/29/t...
In a really shocking turn of events, more reminiscent of Le Carre or Mick Herron than the normal run of the Admin court, MI5 have been found to have repeatedly put forward false evidence against a background of domestic abuse by an agent - Jon Metzer has written up the latest installment.
False evidence, procedurally deficient investigation, and warning bells for contempt: MI5's approach to domestic abuse agent scrutinised - UK Human Rights Blog
In HM Attorney General for England and Wales v British Broadcasting Corporation [2025] EWHC 1669 (KB), the Divisional Court (the Lady Chief Justice,the President of the King’s Bench Division, and Cham...
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July 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
In a really shocking turn of events, more reminiscent of Le Carre or Mick Herron than the normal run of the Admin court, MI5 have been found to have repeatedly put forward false evidence against a background of domestic abuse by an agent - Jon Metzer has written up the latest installment.
The ICJ's recent wide ranging advisory opinion on states' obligations in respec of climate change, analysed by David Hart KC (@dtnhart.bsky.social)
What to do about Climate Change: “an existential problem of planetary proportions.” - UK Human Rights Blog
What to do about Climate Change: “an existential problem of planetary proportions.” The International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion
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July 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
The ICJ's recent wide ranging advisory opinion on states' obligations in respec of climate change, analysed by David Hart KC (@dtnhart.bsky.social)
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Our UK Human Rights Blog, written and edited by members of 1 Crown Office Row, is now on Bluesky!
Arriving a bit late to bluesky, but here we are. Follow if you're interested in case commentary and news from across the range of topics that fall under the wide umbrella of human rights law, such as this, on the approach taken to article 2, police and suicide.
An unusual and thorough example of nearly every aspect of a Coroner's decision being overturned.
July 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our UK Human Rights Blog, written and edited by members of 1 Crown Office Row, is now on Bluesky!
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@jessothomson.co.uk and Oscar Davies have written about it as well, in case people are interested. There is a summary here: gardencourtchambers.co.uk/oscar-davies...
Oscar Davies Co-authors Commentary for DLA on Convention Rights Incompatibility of Supreme Court For Women Scotland Judgment | Garden Court Chambers
In a significant joint commentary ‘A third sex: returning to an intermediate zone’ our Oscar Davies and legal researcher Jess O’Thomson critically assess the human rights implications of the Supreme C...
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July 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
@jessothomson.co.uk and Oscar Davies have written about it as well, in case people are interested. There is a summary here: gardencourtchambers.co.uk/oscar-davies...
An interesting question. @ukcla.bsky.social has already featured interesting pieces from @crash-w.bsky.social and Michael Foran on this question but it's early days for the resolution of practical and legal questions raised by the judgment.
4. Is the EA2010 still compliant with the Human Rights Act following FWS? (Even Ben Cooper KC, who acted for Sex Matters, has suggested a strained interpretation under s.3 might be needed for the association provisions.)
July 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
An interesting question. @ukcla.bsky.social has already featured interesting pieces from @crash-w.bsky.social and Michael Foran on this question but it's early days for the resolution of practical and legal questions raised by the judgment.
Arriving a bit late to bluesky, but here we are. Follow if you're interested in case commentary and news from across the range of topics that fall under the wide umbrella of human rights law, such as this, on the approach taken to article 2, police and suicide.
An unusual and thorough example of nearly every aspect of a Coroner's decision being overturned.
Coronial investigation of the Police after suicide - Coroner's decisions on Article 2 and jury overturned - UK Human Rights Blog
R (Ferguson) v HM Assistant Coroner for Sefton, Knowlsey and St Helens [2025] EWHC 1901 (Admin) concerned a challenge by the next of kin of Joseph Farley, who died after jumping from the fourteenth fl...
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July 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Arriving a bit late to bluesky, but here we are. Follow if you're interested in case commentary and news from across the range of topics that fall under the wide umbrella of human rights law, such as this, on the approach taken to article 2, police and suicide.