Fresh concerns about the perils of doing business in Russia have erupted as the European Court of Human Rights condemns the Kremlin for its role in bringing about the collapse of oil giant Yukos... more
Two serious criminals from Somalia were spared deportation after a ruling by European judges which could allow dozens more foreign offenders to stay in Britain... more
Privacy is all the rage, with twists and turns every day. Yesterday, Max Mosley's attempt to tighten privacy legislation was defeated. The day before, the Duchess of Cambridge's family, the Middletons, made a formal complaint to the Press Complaints Commission about their privacy being compromised by the publication of five-year-old holiday pictures... more
Senior figures have raised concerns about the growing use of injunctions by celebrities after names of those who allegedly obtained the gagging orders were revealed on Twitter... more
It has long been a hobby horse of the Conservative Right but in the furores such as the one over votes for prisoners, the Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) have become targets for ministers too... more
Man paralysed from the neck down who can only use his head and eyes to communicate has launched a legal challenge to clarify the law on so-called mercy killing... more
Radio presenter Jon Gaunt, who was sacked for calling a Tory councillor a 'Nazi' and 'ignorant pig' on air, told the High Court it was a breach of his human rights to condemn him... more
The Conservative manifesto included a commitment to replace the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights, ostensibly to give British law precedence over European law... more
Prisoners in this country are not allowed to cast votes in elections. You may think this is a good thing, and you may think this is a bad thing. But it is, beyond question, an unlawful thing ... more
At face value, it is difficult to find much to disagree with in the good intentions enshrined in Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)... more
The government climbdown over 42 days augurs well for the future - and the RBS and HBOS bail-out may even swallow the funds for ID cards and other horrors on the Home Office wish-list... more
A European human rights watchdog whose members include John Prescott has criticised the Government's plans to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge... more
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