The establishment of the rule of law at Runnymede 800 years ago went on to inspire and shape the development of the UK constitution and the constitutions of democratic systems the world over.
The delay in paying welfare benefits to two disabled people was “unlawful”, the High Court has ruled.
The eradication of the Liberal Democrats as a major political force is already having some rather stark consequences – and one of them may be the end of the 1998 Human Rights Act.
GCHQ has been censured by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) for contravening human rights law by failing to reveal information about how it shares surveillance data with the US.
The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed the case of ‘naked rambler’ Stephen Gough, who claimed that he suffered repression over his public nudity.