UK Human Rights Blog11d
The Weekly Round Up: Benefit Cuts, US Tariffs, a Ceasefire Proposal and Care Home Sponsor Licences in the Court of Appeal
Keir Starmer announced plans to cut billions of pounds from the welfare system, specifically working-age health and disability benefits. This week, Starmer called Britain’s benefits system the “worst ...
UK Human Rights Blog16d
International Women’s Day series part 3: community and belonging at the Bar
Law Pod UK is marking International Women’s Day by bringing you the final episode of its three-part series exploring gender at the Bar. In this episode Lucy and Kiran explore the themes of belonging ...
UK Human Rights Blog4d
The Weekly Round Up: Criminal Bar in crisis, Turkish democracy under threat, Israel-Gaza ceasefire collapses, asylum seekers unlawfully accommodated
Criminal Bar in crisis, Turkish democracy under threat, Israel-Gaza ceasefire collapses, asylum seekers unlawfully ...
UK Human Rights Blog16d
Supreme Court rules Appellants were British all along
N3 & ZA v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2025] UKSC 6 concerned orders depriving two British people of their citizenship on national security grounds. The Defendant (initially) contended ...
UK Human Rights Blog23d
Gambling with Consent: Free, Specific, and Informed Consent in Data Protection Law
In RTM v Bonne Terre Ltd [2025] EWHC 111 (KB), the High Court considered claims brought in data protection and the tort of misuse of private information. The Claimant described himself as a ...
UK Human Rights Blog1mon
The Weekly Round-Up: Axel Rudabakana, Judicial independence, predictive policing and illegal surrogacy
The Attorney General, Lord Hermer KC, has said that Axel Rudabakana’s sentence will not be referred to the Court of Appeal for undue lenience. Rudabakana was given a minimum 52-year sentence for ...
UK Human Rights Blog18d
Significant Article 6 ECHR Decision on Courts’ Ability to Suspend Orders Pending Appeal
The High Court has handed down its judgment in Chief Constable of Humberside Police v Kelly Morgan [2024] EWHC 2859 (Admin). This is a significant human rights case which concerns whether the Crown ...
UK Human Rights Blog28d
Preaching hate: free speech, religion and the Human Rights Act
In Sleeper v Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [2025] EWHC 151 (KB) Mr Justice Sweeting dismissed an appeal against the decision of HHJ Saggerson to dismiss a claim against the Metropolitan ...
UK Human Rights Blog18d
Weekly Round-Up: Sentencing Council, Post Office, convicted minors, capital punishment, and Just Stop Oil
The Sentencing Council caused controversy with its new guidance on imposing community and custodial sentences. Previously, magistrates and judges were told they ‘should request’ a pre-sentence report ...
UK Human Rights Blog25d
The Weekly Round Up: Germany to spurn ICC, human rights abuses in DRC, Strasbourg finds against Cyprus, and Articles 8 and 10 in the UK courts
Friedrich Merz, the presumed incoming chancellor of Germany, has declared that he will invite Benjamin Netanyahu to the country, despite the arrest warrant issued for the latter by the International ...