The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has dismissed complaints by Slovakia and Hungary against the provisional mechanism for the mandatory relocation of asylum seekers.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found that an employee’s right to a private life was breached by his employer monitoring his use of electronic communications.
A landmark court ruling means that legal permission will no longer be needed before life-support treatment is withdrawn from patients with severely debilitating illnesses in England and Wales.
Three non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have largely succeeded in a judicial review application against the UK government over variations to the rules capping costs in environmental cases.
Legal challenge to confidence and supply arrangement
2017
In June’s edition we featured an article on an anticipated legal challenge to the Conservative government’s parliamentary pact with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
