31 October 2013
Solicitors to appear before Parliamentary Joint Committee
Solicitors specialising in prisoner rights were this week due to appear before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Draft Prisoner Voting Bill. Representatives from Leigh Day Solicitors and Taylor & Kelly Solicitors are among those giving evidence on the motivation of prisoners bringing legal cases on voting, and how the British media conflates the European Court of Human Rights with the European Court of Justice. Last week, the Supreme Court dismissed appeals from prisoners challenging the blanket ban on voting, in Chester v Justice Secretary [2013] UKSC 63.
