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Locked-in syndrome sufferer starts right-to-die appeal

Lawyers say court should intervene without waiting for parliament to legislate where human rights are concerned

Workshop: The impact of the EU law principle of effectiveness

Denis Edwards assesses the principle and the potential consequences for English public law

Commons to hold human rights debate next week

Article 8 is a qualified right, home secretary says

Behind bars | As you string out the bunting

Surely our modern, freedom-loving society cannot condone the 'type of snooping laws seen in Elizabethan times, asks Jeannie Mackie

Editor's blog | the face covering conundrum

Will communities really benefit from the Strasbourg challenge to the French ban on face coverings?

Judicial review update

Is it inappropriate for judges to consider challenges to the lawfulness of government policies? Gareth Mitchell investigates

Tribunal merger may 'dilute rather than enhance' expertise, Lady Hale warns

Lady Hale has warned of a risk that the merger of tribunals under the Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 and “amalgamation of very different jurisdictions in the new chambers will dilute rather than enhance the specialist expertise of their judges and members”.

Supreme Court sets wider test for judicial reviews against tribunals

The Supreme Court has set a new, and more generous, test for judicial reviews against decisions of the Upper Tribunal.