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  2. List of judgements of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

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    The case summaries below are not official or authoritative. Unless otherwise noted, cases were heard by a panel of 5 judges. Cases involving Scots law are highlighted in orange. Cases involving Northern Irish law are highlighted in green. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom delivered in 2009

  3. Human rights issues related to the COVID-19 pandemic

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    On 5 June, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced to launch a statutory inquiry into racial inequalities, which have been exposed amidst a surge of COVID-19 cases in the UK. The human rights watchdog's investigation was to provide evidence-based information, compelled from government departments and organizations. [46]

  4. Lee v Ashers Baking Company Ltd and others - Wikipedia

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    In August 2019, Lee instructed his lawyers to challenge the Supreme Court's ruling at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). [17] In March 2020, the European Court communicated the case with the British government, [18] On 6 January 2022, the court dismissed Lee's case as "inadmissible" as Lee had not invoked his rights under the European ...

  5. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ...

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    Misuse of private information, Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights: Two main issues were considered: A person under criminal investigation has, prior to being charged, a reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of information relating to that investigation.

  6. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ...

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    Human rights, Human Rights Act 1998 Article 2 of the ECHR: The court allowed an appeal against a stay on the award of damages under the Human Rights Act 1998 s 8 for breach of Article 2 of the ECHR confirming that a claim for damages can run concurrently with an inquest. [9] KV (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019 ...

  7. Human rights in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Human rights in the United Kingdom concern the fundamental rights in law of every person in the United Kingdom.An integral part of the UK constitution, human rights derive from common law, from statutes such as Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights 1689 and the Human Rights Act 1998, from membership of the Council of Europe, and from international law.

  8. Civil liberties in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    It became directly applicable in UK law with the enactment of the Human Rights Act 1998. Civil liberties have been gradually declining in the United Kingdom since the late 20th century. Their removal has been generally justified by appeals to public safety and National Security and hastened on by crises such as the September 11 attacks , the 7/ ...

  9. List of judgments of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ...

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    Case name Citation Date Legal subject Summary of decision R (Haralambous) v Crown Court at St Albans [2018] UKSC 1 24 January Constitutional law, Search and seizure: Closed material procedures could be used in a judicial review of a Crown Court decision and there was no minimum core of material that the government was required to disclose to the other party where such procedures were used.