Human Rights Act

• Bad law, or rather, not actually the law at all
  Posted on July 9, 2012 by Louise Restell
  I have just finished reading Bad Science by Ben Goldacre. If you haven’t read it, you really should, especially if, like me, you are a ‘humanities graduate with little understanding of science’ and who wears my ‘ignorance as a badge of honour’ (well, less so the last bit). It got me thinking, if it’s dangerous not to understand science (witness the MMR scandal) it must also be dangerous not to understand the law.
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  Posted in: Uncategorized
  Tagged: common law marriage, Human Rights Act, lawyers, legal myths, rape myths, trespassers
• It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black: my thoughts on 2011 and 2012 (part 2)
  Posted on January 3, 2012 by Louise Restell
  Well here we are, 2012 is up and, while not quite running yet, gingerly poking its feet out from under the duvet. It’s fair enough to be a bit cautious about rushing headlong into January if the last year is anything to go by. The first full year of the coalition government has been something of a rollercoaster, whichever side of the political divide you sit and whatever your area of concern. Looking at it from a legal perspective, it’s hard not to conclude that we are heading for a derailment in 2012 as we rush headlong, and blindly, down the tracks of reform.
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  Posted in: Justice system, Legal aid
  Tagged: 2012, Cameron, catgate, clegg, Human Rights Act, LASPO, legal aid cuts, Leveson, phone hacking, prisoners voting rights, privacy, riots, tax
• The crazy case of the cat who sat on the act
  Posted on October 8, 2011 by Louise Restell
  I have a cat.  I’m quite fond of him and I like having him around, but, if I’m honest, I don’t think he’d be too upset if I moved away and left him.  He’d probably just go and live with the neighbour up the road where he seems to spend most of his time anyway.  It’s what cats do.  So it’s surely common sense that a cat couldn’t be a reason not to deport someone?  Apparently not.
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  Posted in: Courts, Rule of Law
  Tagged: bill of rights, catgate, ECHR, home secretary, HRA, human rights, Human Rights Act, justice, Learco Chindamo, legislation, rule of law, Theresa May