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Limited success for state hospital smoker in Supreme Court appeal

11th April 2017 | human rights , mental health-adult incapacity
Board should have considered patient freedoms ahead of possession policy

UKSC: exclusion of reasonable belief defence to underage sex against ECHR

5th April 2017 | criminal law , human rights
Judges annul provision of Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act 2009

Order removing college board not unlawful, court rules

21st March 2017 | education-training , government-administration , human rights
Member fails in challenge based on human rights and common law

Brexit equality plans "lack ambition", Commission tells ministers

20th March 2017 | europe , human rights
EHRC publishes five point plan on strengthening rights status

Headscarf-related dismissal not direct discrimination: CJEU

14th March 2017 | employment , human rights
Court provides guidance on when indirect discrimination might exist

No right to be forgotten over companies register data: CJEU

13th March 2017 | europe , human rights , information technology
Court gives priority to protection of third parties

UK entitled to revoke terrorism suspect's citizenship, ECtHR rules

9th March 2017 | human rights
Case inadmissible after full review by domestic courts

Supreme Court upholds immigrant spouses' minimum income principle

22nd February 2017 | human rights , immigration
Rules held illegal to extent that they ignore child welfare duty

Judges split as mixed sex couple lose civil partnership appeal

21st February 2017 | family-child law , human rights
Court accepts discrimination but gives ministers time to review law

Cohabitant nomination rule in pension scheme unlawful, Supreme Court rules

8th February 2017 | human rights | Pensions (Company)
Requirement added nothing to other tests that relationship existed

Local authority owed no prisoner rehabilitation duties, Inner House rules

31st January 2017 | criminal law , human rights
No "duty gap" where recourse available against Scottish ministers

Government confirms Brexit ahead of human rights reform

26th January 2017 | human rights
Minister states priorities in parliamentary answer

Trafficked Polish woman fails in homelessness bid

25th January 2017 | europe , human rights | Housing
Court accepts no right of residence, or status of worker

Jersey legislators endorse prisoners' right to vote

19th January 2017 | criminal law , human rights
Decision made to ensure ECHR compliance

Holyrood rejects moves to replace ECHR with British Bill of Rights

11th January 2017 | human rights
MSPs call on UK Government not to withdraw from international scene

IndyCamp protesters lose bid to appeal to Supreme Court

11th January 2017 | civil litigation , human rights
Inner House judges rule no grounds for appeal to London

Human rights court upholds compulsory mixed swimming for Muslim girls

10th January 2017 | education-training , human rights
Swiss case upholds social integration in education over religious freedom

ICO puts itself in the dock over data breaches

4th January 2017 | human rights , information technology
Watchdog upholds 14 complaints in four years, FOI request reveals

General data retention unlawful, EU court rules

21st December 2016 | europe , human rights , information technology
Judgment in Watson case calls UK legislation into question

EU nationals' rights not Brexit "bargaining chip", report warns

19th December 2016 | europe , human rights
Parliamentary committee calls on Government to accept fundamental rights

No conflict between prosecution independence and victim support: Wolffe

13th December 2016 | criminal law , human rights
Responsibility to engage, says Lord Advocate in Human Rights Day lecture

IBA calls on Trump to restore USA's human rights image

12th December 2016 | human rights
Country is main player missing from key international conventions

More progress needed on human rights in Scotland, Commission report claims

9th December 2016 | human rights
Submission to UN Periodic Review calls for action on four main fronts

Commission unveils human rights initiatives in tackling poverty

8th December 2016 | human rights
Action plan report reveals collective action against inequality
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