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The Weekly Round-Up: Gender Recognition in Europe, Employment Rights, & ECHR membership contested
Last week, the European Court of Justice ruled that European Member States are obligated to recognise legal gender identity ...
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Husband who escorted his wife to Switzerland not denied access to her estate under Forfeiture Rule
These proceedings concerned the forfeiture rule under section 2(2) of the Forfeiture Act 1982 as it applies to the estates of ...
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Paterson v UK: Parliament and Human Rights in Strasbourg
The name ‘Chris Pincher’ has become synonymous with Boris Johnson’s downfall, but it was the case of Owen Paterson that ...
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The Weekly Round-up: UK cedes Chagos sovereignty, vote on assisted dying, and gender apartheid in Afghanistan
In UK news The government has announced that it is ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius. When granting ...
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UK Human Rights Blog - 1 Crown Office Row
In Sammut v Next Steps Mental Healthcare Ltd and Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 2265(KB), HHJ Bird sitting as a judge of the High Court gave summary judgment in favour ...
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Nursing home held not to be a public authority for the purposes of an Article 2 claim
In Sammut v Next Steps Mental Healthcare Ltd and Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust [2024] EWHC 2265(KB), HHJ Bird sitting as a judge of the High Court gave summary judgment in favour ...