Law and Rights
Our own Supreme Court is now in vacation until the next legal year commences in October. Lord Neuberger, the court's President, is busy in Australia and New Zealand delivering speeches.
In a speech at the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne Lord Neuberger looks at the development of human rights law within the UK and its present day application. He referred to some of the important issues such as the extent to which the Human Rights Act 1998 permits the courts to modify the literal meaning of a statute, when the courts will issue a declaration of incompatibility, the possibility (yet to be decided) that the convention might be applied "horizontally" so that obligations to respect the rights of others might apply to private entities. He also considered the roles of the common law and human rights jurisprudence with the common law returning more to the centre stage having been somewhat in the wings since 2000.
Here are links to five speeches (reproduced from the UK Supreme Court website).
- Lord Neuberger Selects 15 Top Cases
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- Lord Neuberger's Timely Comment ...
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Law and Rights
Lord Neuberger ~ Recent Speeches
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In a speech at the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne Lord Neuberger looks at the development of human rights law within the UK and its present day application. He referred to some of the important issues such as the extent to which the Human Rights Act 1998 permits the courts to modify the literal meaning of a statute, when the courts will issue a declaration of incompatibility, the possibility (yet to be decided) that the convention might be applied "horizontally" so that obligations to respect the rights of others might apply to private entities. He also considered the roles of the common law and human rights jurisprudence with the common law returning more to the centre stage having been somewhat in the wings since 2000.
Here are links to five speeches (reproduced from the UK Supreme Court website).
- Lord Neuberger at the Banking Services and Finance Law Association Conference, Queenstown (PDF)
The impact of pre- and post-contractual conduct on contractual interpretation
11 August 2014 - Lord Neuberger at the Banking Services and Finance Law Association Conference, Queenstown (PDF)
The Remedial Constructive Trust - Fact or Fiction
10 August 2014 - Lord Neuberger at a conference at the Supreme Court of Victoria, Melbourne (PDF)
The role of judges in human rights jurisprudence: a comparison of the Australian and UK experience
8 August 2014 - Lord Neuberger gives the Lehane Lecture 2014, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Sydney (PDF)
Equity - The soul and spirit of all law or a roguish thing?
4 August 2014 - Lord Neuberger at the Annual Conference of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, Sydney (PDF)
Sausages and the Judicial Process: the Limits of Transparency
1 August 2014
- Lord Neuberger Selects 15 Top Cases
This speech needs no additional comment .... please listen to it via this link .... Lord Neuberger addresses the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting at Lincoln's Inn - 6th October 2015 - Reflections on the ICLR Top Fifteen Cases For the written...
- Lord Neuberger ~ Two Interesting Speeches
Update - Addendum 15th October - A "Constitutional Convention" to address further reform? The President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (Lord Neuberger) has delivered a couple of rather interesting speeches. Please read them...
- Lord Neuberger's Timely Comment ...
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- The Legal Year Commences ~ Formalities
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