By Kian Leong Tan INTRODUCTION Do advocates retain an absolute immunity for things and said and done in court, or must the ...

Readers of this blog as well as listeners to Law Pod UK may remember the European Court of Human Rights’ controversial ruling ...

Baboons in trouble - again. The inadequacy of animal protection laws when it comes to wild animals who create a nuisance to farmers ...

The problem of ritual slaughter: 70% of meat sold in UK supermarkets is religiously slaughtered. This is inhumane and breaks ...

In the news A private member’s bill to enshrine the rights of nature was introduced in the House of Lords on October 23, 2025 ...

A private member’s bill to enshrine the rights of nature was introduced in the House of Lords on October 23, 2025. The bill is supported by former Green Party Leader Baroness Natalie Bennett, and ...

I recently came across this judgement by the South African Constitutional Court. As a “Saffa” myself, I rejoice in the case’s title, pairing the name of the penultimate prime minister of the old ...

The Home Secretary has lost her appeal against the decision to grant one of the founders of Palestine Action permission for judicial review of the group’s proscription under the Terrorism Act. In R ...

In the news The International Federation for Human Rights (Féderation Internationale pour les droits humains, FIDH) has ...

There are many well-tuned arguments both for and against the liberalisation of the UK’s strict euthanasia laws, some more helpful than others. This piece is not concerned with weighing up the policy ...

Article 2 of the ECHR protects the right to life. That article contains two distinct substantive obligations: “the general obligation to protect by law the right to life, and the prohibition of ...

is the latest Judgment of the Court of Appeal on non-consensual adoption since the Supreme Court authorized a closer scrutiny of first instance decisions In re B (A Child) (Care Proceedings: Threshold ...