Tag: Human Rights Act section 2
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David Mead: The Future of the HRA Under Labour
I might have misheard but perception does seem to be nine-tenths of the law when it comes to the Human Rights Act at least. In a piece in today’s Daily Telegraph, Shadow Justice Minister Sadiq Khan outlines Labour’s plans for reforming the Human Rights Act, or one aspect of it anyway. There is a need…
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Helen Fenwick: What’s Wrong with s.2 of the Human Rights Act?
It’s rare for a section of an Act of Parliament to arouse as much ire as s2 does, or for it to be asked to play such divergent roles by various commentators. S2 HRA provides that a court or tribunal ‘determining a question that has arisen in connection with a Convention right must take into…