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  • Lewis Graham and Marion Sandner

DA and RA v the United Kingdom: (a return to?) maximum deference in socio-economic matters

May 01, 2026

By Lewis Graham and Marion Sandner Introduction When determining whether an interference with a Convention right relating to socio-economic matters has been justified by a state, the European Court of Human Rights usually  asks whether the measure in question is said to be ‘manifestly without reasonable foundation’. This test has a long lineage – it […]