Liberty gets go-ahead to challenge Snoopers’ Charter in the High Court
The High Court has granted Liberty permission to challenge part of the Government’s extreme mass surveillance regime with a judicial review of the Investigatory Powers Act. Liberty is challenging the mass collection of everybody’s communications data and internet history, which it believes...
Government backs down and allows NI women free NHS abortions
Following the Supreme Court case of A and B v Secretary of State for Health [2017] UKSC 41 the Government has agreed that women from Northern Ireland will no longer have to pay for abortion services in England. Janet Farrell acted for Humanists UK (formerly British Humanist Association) who...
Supreme Court rejects NI women's right to NHS abortions
The Supreme Court (3-2) has dismissed an appeal challenging the Secretary of State for Health’s policy of refusing to provide abortion services on the NHS in England to women from Northern Ireland forced to travel to access a lawful and safe abortion. Janet Farrell acted for Humanists UK...
The High Court has granted Medical Justice permission to challenge changes to the Home Office’s detention policy, which fundamentally weaken protections for vulnerable victims of torture, and ordered a suspension of the policy pending the full hearing.