Thomas v United Kingdom
Friday, 25th July 2008
App No 63701/00; 17 July 2008; European Court of Human Rights; Judge Garlicki (President), Judges Bratza, Bonello, Mijovic, Sikuta, Hirvela and Bianku, and Mr T Early (Section Registrar)
This was an application by a widower, who was refused widow’s bereavement allowance, in circumstances where he would have received it if he had been a widow.
Burden v The United Kingdom - Grand Chamber decision
Tuesday, 29th April 2008
The decision of the Grand Chamber in the case of Burden v The United Kingdom has been published. The sisters lost again. The initial objections of the UK Government as to the sisters’ victim status and exhaustion of domestic remedies were dismissed but the main claim by the sisters, that there was a violation of Article 14 of the Convention taken in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol No. 1, was also dismissed, by a majority of 15 to 2.
January 2008 newsletter published
Tuesday, 22nd January 2008
New Square Chambers have published their January 2008 newsletter. Read more
Burden v United Kingdom
Monday, 22nd October 2007
Having lost in the ECHR ( there is a post about the decision here), the Misses Burden are taking their case to the Grand Chamber. Read more
J.A. Pye (Oxford) Ltd v United Kingdom
Friday, 31st August 2007
The European Court of Human Rights, sitting as a Grand Chamber; 30th August 2007
The court overturned the decision of a Chamber of the Court and decided that, on the facts, the Limitation Act 1980 did not violate Article 1 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Read more
Burden v United Kingdom
Tuesday, 10th July 2007
(2006) 21 BHRC 640, [2007] STC 252, 9 ITLR 535, [2007] WTLR 607; European Court of Human Rights
In this case, two unmarried sisters, the youngest of which was 81 years old on the date of judgment, lived together all their lives. They owned their home jointly and had done so for 30 years, inheriting it from their parents. Each of them also owned other assets and the
