Dr Lewis Graham

Lecturer in Human Rights Law, The University of Manchester

Dr Lewis Graham is a Lecturer in Human Rights Law at the University of Manchester. Prior to that he was a Fellow in Law at Christ's College, Cambridge and Wadham College, Oxford. His general research interests include judicial decision-making, the work of apex courts, public law and human rights (especially the Human Rights Act and European Convention on Human Rights). He is particularly interested in empirical legal work.

Lewis completed his doctorate at the University of Cambridge and holds Law degrees from the Universities of Oxford and Bristol.

His monograph, Judicial Individuality on the UK Supreme Court, was published in 2025 by Hart. He has recently published articles in journals such as the Modern Law Review, Public Law, Human Rights Law Review and International and Comparative Law Quarterly.

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Article 14—Prohibition of discrimination

Practice Notes

This Practice Note summarises the Article 14 Convention right. It considers the four ‘stages’ of an Article 14 claim and looks at case law on when discrimination can be justified. It also considers positive obligations under Article 14.

Public Law

Interim measures in human rights law

Practice Notes

Interim measures (sometimes styled provisional measures, interim relief or provisional relief) are temporary measures issued and imposed by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in circumstances where it is seriously concerned that continued action by a signatory State to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) would lead to a serious breach of rights, prior to the point at which the court is able to examine the merits of a complaint in full. This Practice Note outlines the basis and justification for the imposition of such measures, the conditions and circumstances under which they will be imposed, and details of their practical operation. It also briefly notes some of the most pertinent criticism of these measures and some relevant recent changes and reforms.

Public Law

The law of precedent

Practice Notes

This Practice Note explains precedent as a source of law and in what circumstances a judgments is legally binding. It explains horizontal and vertical stare decisis and which aspects of a decision are binding, before turning specifically to the way precedent works in the UK Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and tribunals. It looks at the relevance to precedent of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018. Some potential ‘exceptions’ to the doctrine of precedent are also explored.

Public Law