Boris Johnson’s suspension of the UK Parliament is unlawful, Scotland’s highest civil court has ruled. A panel of three judges at the Court of Session found in favour of a cross-party group of politicians who […]
A case involving a Christian bakery, which refused to make a cake with a slogan supporting same-sex marriage, has been referred to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). Gareth Lee tried but failed to […]
A man who lives with chronic and excruciating pain has begun a fresh legal challenge to the law that criminalises assisted suicide. Paul Lamb, 63, was paralysed from the neck down following a car crash […]
The Supreme Court has rejected a government appeal against a human rights ruling won by people who claimed their lives were blighted by past minor criminal convictions. The judges found a revised criminal records disclosure […]
An unmarried mother has won access to a Widowed Parent’s Allowance in a landmark Supreme Court ruling. Mother of four, Siobhan McLaughlin from County Antrim lived with her partner for 23 years- but never married. […]
Legal permission will no longer be required to end care for patients in a permanent vegetative state, the Supreme Court has ruled. It will now be easier to withdraw food and liquid to allow such […]
Human rights campaigners have lost a Supreme Court appeal over the legality of Northern Ireland’s abortion law. The court dismissed an appeal brought by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC). But a majority of […]
The parents of terminally ill toddler Alfie Evans are to ask the Supreme Court to consider an appeal on ending his life support for a second time. On Monday the Court of Appeal refused to overrule […]
The Met Police has lost an appeal at the Supreme Court against two victims of black cab rapist John Worboys who won compensation for its failings. The women were raped by Worboys in 2003 and […]
By Owen Bowcott Chagos Islanders expelled decades ago from their homes on the Indian Ocean archipelago by the UK have taken their case to the supreme court. Opening a fresh legal challenge to restore […]
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