In Cherrington v University of Derby [2026] EAT 107, the Mr Justice Cavanagh in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) held that an Employment Tribunal (“ET”) was not obliged to consider the Appellant’s Article 10 ECHR right to freedom of expression
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Law Pod UK new episode: Deprivation of Liberty
On 2nd June 2026 the Supreme Court handed down their judgment in Re Attorney General for Northern Ireland’s Reference (Deprivation of Liberty) [2026] UKSC 16. You can read the full analysis of the case by Anogika Souresh and Esme Cairns
When a nationality decision is beyond the Convention’s reach
By Matthew Howarth
In R (Al Hashimi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 943, the Court of Appeal held that a woman living in the United Arab Emirates could not invoke Articles 8 and 14
The Weekly Round Up: Afghan data breach, Palestine Action appeal, protest rights and state immunity
In the news
Parliamentary report on the Afghan data breach
On Thursday, the House of Commons Defence Select Committee (DSC) published a report which found that a serious data breach of the sensitive personal data of thousands of Afghans was
Digital ID scrapped and ECHR jurisdiction in the Court of Appeal
In the News
Digital ID scrapped:
On Tuesday, the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, announced that the Government would scrap plans to bring in mandatory digital ID. The policy, announced under the Starmer administration, was intended to help tackle illegal
The Weekly Round Up: Animal Rising Protestors Acquitted in the Supreme Court and the ICC’s First Libya Case Goes to Trial
The Weekly Round Up — Scrutiny of the Immigration and Asylum Bill, 62nd Session of the UNHRC, eVisas and the ICO, Facial Recognition, and Rulings on Deportation, Extradition and Modern Slavery Guidance
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JCHR to scrutinise Immigration and Asylum Bill
The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has this week launched its legislative scrutiny of the Immigration and Asylum Bill.
Described by the government as “a framework of new,
Decapod Crustaceans under the Law
The Weekly Round Up: Immigration and Asylum Bill, good character guidance and the rights of children of same-sex couples
In the news
On Tuesday, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood introduced the Immigration and Asylum Bill to Parliament. The Bill reforms the interpretation of the right to family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), changes
The Weekly Roundup – two important Bills and a new Strasbourg ruling on protest law
In Parliament
Conversion therapy ban
On Thursday, the Cabinet Office released a Draft Bill that would effectively ban LGBTQ+ ‘abusive conversion practices’ – colloquially known as ‘conversion therapy’ – in England and Wales. In 2022, the previous government also proposed