Tag: Public Bodies Under the HRA
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Mark Hill KC and Simon Lee: State, Churches and Chancel Repairs – Twenty Years On
Twenty years ago today, on 26 June 2003, each of the five Law Lords in Aston Cantlow v Wallbank [2004] 1 AC 546 gave separate, detailed opinions on a matter at the cusp of public law and private law. Was the Parochial Church Council (PCC) of a beautiful parish church in Warwickshire responsible for the…
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David Mead: The Continuing Mystery of “Publicness” Within Section 6 of the HRA
Guessing that it was not on my usual diet of journals, a colleague recently suggested an article in The Conveyancer that might be of interest. Emma Lees had written an interesting piece ((2013) 77 Conv. 211) on protest occupations and actions for possession but one aspect unrelated to the main topic intrigued me more than…