Coherence and consistency: the need to avoid judicial confusion and its consequences under the Human Rights Act 1998

**Case Note: In re Siobhan McLaughlin [2018] UKSC 481 The thorny nature of a declaration of incompatibility (“DoI“) under section 4 Human Rights Act 1998 (“HRA“), and its role vis-a-vis the Parliament in alerting the latter to Convention-incompatible legislations, has been of topical interest for understanding the role of the courts in the context of protection of […]

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