"While common law remains first port of call for protection of human rights, it has undoubtedly been enriched by HRA’s presence on statute books": speech by Lord Briggs on 25 Years of the Human Rights Act Protecting Human Rights: The Common Law as the Starting Point.
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"Person bringing common law action for misuse of private information asserts Art 8 rights “horizontally” vis-à-vis another person. This has bolstered common law's bite. This would not be lost if HRA repealed or ECHR abandoned, as doctrinal import has already been absorbed by common law": Lord Briggs

"Notwithstanding the Human Rights Act’s importance and galvanizing effect on the development of human rights protections at common law, it was neither the Act’s purpose nor its effect to supplant, supersede or sideline the common law": Lord Briggs

Alcohol-related deaths in the UK number nearly 25,000 per year. In addition to the immense personal loss caused, the estimated cost per alcohol-related death is approximately £540,000. The total annual cost of alcohol-related deaths amounts to £13.5 billion.
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Lord Neuberger: "Ordinary people caught up in the criminal, civil or family justice systems are in a much less satisfactory situation and we ought to be doing much better. The plight of ordinary people with ordinary problems in civil and family cases is disturbing".

Lord Neuberger, former president of the Supreme Court, has criticised the failure of successive governments to increase legal aid rates in line with inflation.

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The president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, also announced that he had handed in his six months’ notice to step down from his post.

Wonder if such a situation has ever arisen quite so starkly before.

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