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Brenda Hale: ‘There’s absolutely no need to scrap the Human Rights Act’ | Brenda Hale
[ad_1] Brenda Hale is a British judge who served as president of the supreme court of the United Kingdom from 2017 until her retirement in 2020. Lady Hale studied law at Cambridge, was called to the bar and then worked as an academic for many years. In 1984, she became the youngest person to be…
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Rise in women in UK investigated by police over illegal abortions
[ad_1] Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Increasing numbers of Britons are being investigated by police over suspected illegal abortions, new figures show. The latest Home Office data for England and Wales shows recorded crimes for abortions rose from…
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‘Huge victory for reproductive rights’: MPs vote for nationwide ‘buffer zones’ outside abortion clinics
[ad_1] Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email MPs have voted in favour of nationwide “buffer zones” outside abortion clinics in England and Wales in a major win for abortion providers. A “buffer zone” stops anti-abortion protesters or any other…
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Hawkes v Cuddy and Others – Times Law Reports – Current Awareness
[ad_1] Judge’s order inappropriate Hawkes v Cuddy and Others Court of Appeal “It was inappropriate to make a declaratory judgment on an interlocutory application based on an allegation of contravention of the Companies Act 1985 when that would serve no useful purpose.” The Times, 13th November 2007 Source: www.timesonline.co.uk Please note the Times Law Reports…
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Milebush Properties Ltd v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and another – WLR Daily – Current Awareness
[ad_1] Milebush Properties Ltd v Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council and another [2011] EWCA Civ 270; [2011] WLR (D) 96 “Although the court had a wide discretion to grant declaratory relief in diverse circumstances in both public and private law proceedings, where a party who was not a party to the contract brought private proceedings seeking…
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Where do the boundaries lie? MN (Adult) [2015] EWCA Civ 411 – No. 5 Chambers – Current Awareness
[ad_1] ‘Sir James Munby, President of the Court of Protection, provided clear guidance as to the nature of the Court of Protection’s jurisdiction, and the approach that should be adopted when a care provider is unwilling to provide, or to fund, the care sought.’ Full story No. 5 Chambers, 2nd September 2015 Source: www.no5.com [ad_2]
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Parental Order) – WLR Daily – Current Awareness
[ad_1] In re Z (A Child) (Foreign Surrogacy: Parental Order): [2015] EWFC 73; [2015] WLR (D) 375 ‘Since section 54(1) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 provided that in certain circumstances the court might make a parental order on the application of “two people”, it was not open to the court to make…
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Recent developments on declaratory relief in Public Law – UK Constitutional Law Association
[ad_1] It is often thought trite that remedies in public law are the quintessential area where judges enjoy a significant amount of discretion. In the words of Sir Clive Lewis (now Lewis LJ), “There is no perceivable rule governing which remedy to use [to remedy unlawful acts] and no particular pattern emerges from the case law.” The…
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The Future of Abortion Rights under the European Convention on Human Rights in Light of Dobbs – UK Constitutional Law Association
[ad_1] Introduction On Friday 24th June 2022, in Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the US Supreme Court (SCOTUS) overruled the right to an abortion nearly 50 years since it first declared it a constitutionally protected right. An outpour of protests and condemnation followed the release of the opinion, with many legal professionals, politicians and NGOs across Europe speaking…
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UK government preparing to override Northern Ireland on abortion services | Northern Ireland
[ad_1] The UK government is taking legal steps to override the Northern Ireland executive and directly instruct the nation’s health trusts to provide abortion services, saying it will “take the necessary powers” to directly commission services if urgent progress is not made. The secretary for Northern Ireland, Brandon Lewis, set out the UK government’s legislative…