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Prisoners’ voting rights – why others are just begging the question
‘Your ass belongs to me. Welcome to Shawshank.’ rumbles Warden Samuel Norton as the protagonist in the timeless Shawshank Redemption enters Shawshank prison. In doing so, the Warden conveys a very...
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Prisoners’ voting rights – the unholy alliance between Jack Straw and David...
UPDATED Convicts, it appears, now have two more names to add to their hit-list. An unholy alliance between Jack Straw and David Davis has emerged with the aim of defeating Government plans to award the...
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‘Keeping Human Rights at Home’? More like Keeping Human Rights at Bay
On Monday, the think tank Policy Exchange published a Paper titled, ‘Keeping Human Rights at Home’. It has added fuel to the fire on an issue already proving so germane in the lead up to this...
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Celebrated Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights
Last week we witnessed Politicians, plebeians and the press form an unlikely union in roundly condemning the European Court of Human Rights, and in no uncertain terms. It was the prospect of...
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Prisoners’ Compensation – the real story
In the case of Tovey, the High Court today decided that the claimants, just a couple of the ‘rapidly expanding cohort of prisoners’ to seek compensation for being deprived of the vote in 2010, should...
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European Court vs the UK: the consequences of ignoring judgments
It is no secret that there has been a frosty relationship of late between the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’) and the British government. Dominic Grieve this week announced his intention to go...
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