In the News: There have been significant protests in the USA following the death of George Floyd. Mr Floyd, a black man, died after his neck was knelt on whilst he was being detained. Mr Floyd re...
Conor Monighan brings us the latest updates in human rights law In the News: The High Court has granted a without-notice injunction which bans protesters from gathering outside a primary school�...
https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2019/06/03/secret-surveillance-and-a-canadian-genocide-the-round-up/
Conor Monighan brings us the latest updates in human rights law In the News: The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has concluded that indefinite detention in immigrations centres must cease....
Conor Monighan brings us the latest updates in human rights law In the News: This week saw a novel legal challenge which may have significant consequences for the Equality Act 2010. The case aros...
The Sun have printed another correction today in relation to its misleading human rights reporting. The correction, on page 2, can be read online or to the right of this post. The correction was...
With the May 2015 General Election looming, the battle for the future of human rights in the UK is hotting up. The Prime Minister has just sacked his long-standing Attorney General apparently ...
https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2014/08/04/the-sun-just-keep-getting-it-wrong-on-human-rights/
Vidal Hall and Ors v Google Inc EWHC 13 (QB) – read judgment A group of UK Google users called ‘Safari Users Against Google’s Secret Tracking’ have claimed that the tracking and collati...
https://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2014/01/23/new-year-new-tort-of-misuse-of-private-information/
Söderman v. Sweden – (application no. 5786/08) – Read judgment The European Court of Human Rights has decided that it is a violation of the right to privacy if a country does not have a law...
R (on the application of London Christian Radio Ltd & Christian Communications Partnerships) v Radio Advertising Clearance Centre (Respondent) & Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (I...
TV cameras are recording Court of Appeal hearings from today. The BBC, ITN, Sky News and the Press Association are cooperating on the project, and have hired an in-court video-journalist who wil...
Fenty & Ors v Arcadia Group Brands Ltd (t/a Topshop) & Anor EWHC 2310 (Ch) – Read judgment The ruling in the Rihanna/Topshop case marks a significant trend, both in case law and society, towar...
Tamiz v Google Inc EWCA Civ 68 – read judgment The Court of Appeal has ruled that in principle, an internet service provider that allowed defamatory material to remain on a blog hosted on its ...
Following yesterday’s welcome announcement that the UK Supreme Court (UKSC) is uploading judgment summaries to YouTube (see Adam’s post), there has been some speculation as to whether the UK...
Rocknroll v News Group Newspapers Ltd EWHC 24 (Ch) – Read judgment Earlier this month, Rocknroll came to the Chancery Division. Mr Justice Briggs set out his reasons yesterday for granting K...
YILDIRIM v. TURKEY – 3111/10 – HEJUD ECHR 2074 – Read judgment In the case of Yildrim v Turkey the European Court of Human Rights decided that a Court order blocking access to “Google ...