The Law and Practice of Human Rights- 25th Anniversary of the Human Rights Act 1998

Run Time: 70 Minutes
Learning Method: On-Demand Training
Practice Area: Public Law
Available Until: 01/10/2027

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Description

David Blundell KC & Miranda Butlers, Barristers at Landmark Chambers and Alistair Mills, Assistant Professor at Magdalene College, Cambridge discuss The Law and Practice of Human Rights with the special emphasis on the 25th Anniversary of the Human Rights Act 1998. The webinar will focus on:

The scope of the European Convention
Recent Developments in proportionality
Remedies

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Speakers

Alistair Mills

Assistant Professor

Magdalene College, Cambridge

An Assistant Editor of (i.e. contributor to) the Encyclopedia of Planning Law and Practice, responsible for sections on the National Planning Policy Framework and Neighbourhood Planning.

David Blundell KC

Barrister

Landmark Chambers

David regularly appears in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He frequently acts as sole counsel on behalf of the United Kingdom Government in proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and has represented the United Kingdom in proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights.

David was named the Human Rights and Public Law Silk of the Year at the Chambers and Partners Bar Awards 2024 and the Immigration Silk of the Year at The Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2023. David was shortlisted for the Chambers and Partners Human Rights and Public Law Junior of the Year award in both 2018 and 2016, and for the Legal 500 Public Law Junior of the Year award in 2018.

He is ranked as a leading barrister in six different areas in the legal directories: Administrative Law, Environment, EU Law, Immigration Law, Local Government Law and Planning Law. Prior to taking Silk, David was listed in the Planning Magazine survey of top-rated planning juniors and before that, in the top 10 planning barristers in the country under 35.

David was also on the Attorney General’s A Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown for five years before taking Silk, following five years on the B Panel and three years on the C Panel. He was also on the Treasury Solicitor’s former list of counsel specialising in Freedom of Information issues until its incorporation into the main Attorney General’s Panels. He regularly works on national security cases.

David began practice in 2004, after spending a year working as a Judicial Assistant to the Law Lords (Lord Nicholls and Lord Rodger).

He is the Joint Editor of the leading public law journal Judicial Review and was a Visiting Lecturer in European Community law at City University. David also co-edited the Second Edition of National Security Law, Procedure and Practice - the only UK legal textbook in the field of national security law.

David is fluent in French, and has good German, basic Czech and Slovak and is learning Farsi.

Miranda Butler

Barrister

Landmark Chambers

Practice Summary

Miranda is a highly experienced public law practitioner who is recognised for her expertise in complex judicial reviews, immigration, and human rights matters.

Notable highlights of Miranda’s practice include:

Acting for a claimant challenging the Home Office’s operation of a camp for asylum-seekers at Wethersfield (MJ and ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department (AC-2024-LON-000189))
Acting for a survivor of trafficking challenging the delays in making Conclusive Grounds decisions (R (FH) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2024] EWHC 1327 (Admin))
Acting for Women for Refugee Women and a former detainee in the Court of Appeal, challenging the lack of in-person legal assistance at Derwentside IRC, led by Alex Goodman (R (Women for Refugee Women and SPM v SSHD [2023] EWCA Civ 764).
Acting for the Project for the Registration of Child as British Citizens in its Supreme Court challenge to the Home Secretary’s mandatory fee of £1,012 for children to register as British citizens (R (PRCBC & O) v SSHD [2022] UKSC 3).
Representing a victim of trafficking in her Court of Appeal challenge to a negative conclusive grounds decision (R (LM) v SSHD [2022] EWCA Civ 977).

Representing the claimant in a systemic claim concerning the arrangements made by the Home Secretary for the support of victims of trafficking (EOG and KTT v SSHD [2022] EWCA Civ 306).

Miranda is a Deputy Upper Tribunal Judge, sitting in the Immigration and Asylum Chamber on a part time basis alongside her practice. She is one of the youngest Deputy Upper Tribunal Judges ever appointed.

Prior to joining Landmark, Miranda worked as the Judicial Assistant to Lord Kerr JSC at the Supreme Court. She has also worked at the European Court of Human Rights.

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