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