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Limited success for state hospital smoker in Supreme Court appeal
Board should have considered patient freedoms ahead of possession policy
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UKSC: exclusion of reasonable belief defence to underage sex against ECHR
Judges annul provision of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009
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Order removing college board not unlawful, court rules
Member fails in challenge based on human rights and common law
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Brexit equality plans "lack ambition", Commission tells ministers
EHRC publishes five point plan on strengthening rights status
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Headscarf-related dismissal not direct discrimination: CJEU
Court provides guidance on when indirect discrimination might exist
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No right to be forgotten over companies register data: CJEU
Court gives priority to protection of third parties
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UK entitled to revoke terrorism suspect's citizenship, ECtHR rules
Case inadmissible after full review by domestic courts
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Supreme Court upholds immigrant spouses' minimum income principle
Rules held illegal to extent that they ignore child welfare duty
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Judges split as mixed sex couple lose civil partnership appeal
Court accepts discrimination but gives ministers time to review law
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Cohabitant nomination rule in pension scheme unlawful, Supreme Court rules
Requirement added nothing to other tests that relationship existed
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Local authority owed no prisoner rehabilitation duties, Inner House rules
No "duty gap" where recourse available against Scottish ministers
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Government confirms Brexit ahead of human rights reform
Minister states priorities in parliamentary answer
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Trafficked Polish woman fails in homelessness bid
Court accepts no right of residence, or status of worker
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Jersey legislators endorse prisoners' right to vote
Decision made to ensure ECHR compliance
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Holyrood rejects moves to replace ECHR with British Bill of Rights
MSPs call on UK Government not to withdraw from international scene
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IndyCamp protesters lose bid to appeal to Supreme Court
Inner House judges rule no grounds for appeal to London
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Human rights court upholds compulsory mixed swimming for Muslim girls
Swiss case upholds social integration in education over religious freedom
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ICO puts itself in the dock over data breaches
Watchdog upholds 14 complaints in four years, FOI request reveals
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General data retention unlawful, EU court rules
Judgment in Watson case calls UK legislation into question
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EU nationals' rights not Brexit "bargaining chip", report warns
Parliamentary committee calls on Government to accept fundamental rights
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No conflict between prosecution independence and victim support: Wolffe
Responsibility to engage, says Lord Advocate in Human Rights Day lecture
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IBA calls on Trump to restore USA's human rights image
Country is main player missing from key international conventions
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More progress needed on human rights in Scotland, Commission report claims
Submission to UN Periodic Review calls for action on four main fronts
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Commission unveils human rights initiatives in tackling poverty
Action plan report reveals collective action against inequality