Update on Article 2 and Article 3 ECHR

This seminar will be a thorough analysis of recent developments in the law on articles 2 and 3 ECHR, and an analysis of hot topics for the future. It is aimed at practitioners representing claimants in public law cases, civil actions, inquests and inquiries. The topics will include these: 

• Regulatory and systemic failure: Windrush, benefit cuts, conditions of detention, and Grenfell

• Abortion, euthanasia and healthcare

• Which bodies owe what duties? From schools to social services

• G4S, private contractors, and vicarious liability

• Historic mistreatment, including legacy cases in Northern Ireland

• The protection of trafficking victims

• The duty to investigate discrimination and the targeting of vulnerable groups

• Mistreatment by the UK government abroad, and attacks here by a foreign state

• Disciplinary or criminal proceedings, and vetting state agents

• Tackling patterns of mistreatment

If you wish to attend, please email events@doughtystreet.co.uk.