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Tales from practice | We call them chaps

New requirements imposed by Whitehall bureaucrats in ?the name of the nation's safety will suck the blood out of ?local life in villages across Britain, says Richard Barr

Battling the surveillance state

The High Court has ruled that the policy on the retention of personal data is unlawful, and warned of its negative impact. So why, instead of issuing new guidance that would have cracked down on police overstepping the mark, has the government chosen to champion new legislation that will similarly trample the rights of innocent people? Anna Mazzola and Najma Rasul report

Are the UK's sanctions against Iran's state bank legitimate?

The Supreme Court has granted private shareholders of Bank Mellat permission to intervene in the bank's challenge to HM Treasury over the financial restrictions order it has imposed on it, which they say is unlawful and in breach of international public policy. Sarosh Zaiwalla explores their arguments

Mandatory membership of local hunt breaches property rights

Property owners opposed to hunting should not be forced to allow it on their land

English badger cull judicial review begins

Defra accused of 'flat earth' approach to evidence

Locked-in syndrome sufferer starts right-to-die appeal

Lawyers say court should intervene without waiting for parliament to legislate where human rights are concerned

Workshop: The impact of the EU law principle of effectiveness

Denis Edwards assesses the principle and the potential consequences for English public law

Commons to hold human rights debate next week

Article 8 is a qualified right, home secretary says