marcuscleaver · In the Matter of an Application by Rosaleen Dalton for Judicial Review [2023] UKSC 36 Concerns about the investigation of a death during the Troubles in Northern Ireland allow the Supreme Court to consider the historic effect of the Human Rights Act. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe
marcuscleaver · R (Maguire) v HM Senior Coroner for Blackpool [2023] UKSC 20 A tragic death raises questions about the state’s duty to protect those who are vulnerable. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
marcuscleaver · McQuillan, McGuigan and McKenna [2021] UKSC 55 Two incidents from the Troubles raise questions about the state’s obligation to investigate deaths under the European Convention on Human Rights. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com
El Shafee Elsheikh was involved with ISIS and is alleged to have been involved in the beheadings of 27 citizens from the UK and the US. The UK provided legal assistance to the Americans but broke with convention by not requiring assurances that the evidence
This week we return to Northern Ireland for another case about the Troubles and unfortunately it’s the same old story. More delays and further failures to investigate only provide more cause for resentment and in this case we examine the role that the courts have
The murder of Pat Finucane, a solicitor from Belfast, in 1989 was the result of collusion between British security forces and loyalist terrorists. There has never been a proper inquiry into this death and in this judicial review Finucane’s widow argues that this is a
The legal wranglings surrounding the fate of nine-month old Charlie Gard are now beginning to approach their conclusion when the Supreme Court will hear an emergency proceeding next week. On one side the Great Ormond Street Hospital will argue that Charlie’s life support should be