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Morgan v Ministry of Justice [2023] UKSC 14

marcuscleaver · Morgan v Ministry of Justice [2023] UKSC 14 Should the government be allowed to change the custodial part of a sentence after the fact? That is the question before the Supreme Court this week in a case from Northern Ireland. uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from

McCue v Glasgow City Council [2023] UKSC 1

marcuscleaver · McCue v Glasgow City Council [2023] UKSC 1 Under Scottish law a disabled person can receive a discount on services that a local authority provides for them based on their means. In this case a claimant argues under the Equality Act that those

REFERENCE by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland [2022] UKSC 32

marcuscleaver · REFERENCE by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland [2022] UKSC 32 Is a Northern Ireland Bill that restricts protests outside of abortion clinics incompatible with the right to protest? In this episode we talk about the legislative competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Attorney General’s Reference No. 1 of 2022 [2022] EWCA Crim 1259

marcuscleaver · Attorney General's Reference No. 1 of 2022 [2022] EWCA Crim 1259 Political protests continue to dominate the headlines as the courts try to get the balance right between prosecuting offences and upholding freedom of expression. This week we ask whether the Attorney General

McCann and Healy v Portugal (Application No. 57195/17)

marcuscleaver · McCann and Healy v Portugal (Application No. 57195/17) 15 years ago Maddie McCann went missing in Portugal. Now they face the former police inspector in the European Court of Human Rights. Subscribe: uklawweekly.substack.com/subscribe Music from bensound.com

Bloomberg v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5

marcuscleaver · Bloomberg v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5 After an article was published revealing that a businessman was under criminal investigation, he claimed that the publication was a misuse of private information. In this episode we discuss the balance between the right to privacy and

McQuillan, McGuigan and McKenna [2021] UKSC 55

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

Sending Human Rights the Way of the EU

Over the years there has consistently been debate around the merits of the Human Rights Act 1998. For some it enshrines the basic standards that any self-respecting Western democracy should practice while for others it represents a series of loopholes for criminals and other undesirables