‘Witchcraft’ abuse cases on the rise – BBC News
‘Child abuse linked to exorcism and witchcraft accusations is on the rise, figures obtained by the BBC suggest.’
BBC News, 11th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Day: 16 October 2015
Investigative journalism to be ‘stopped dead in tracks’ by ‘menacing’ laws after Leveson Inquiry – Daily Telegraph
‘Leveson’s Illiberal Legacy: Report into implications of Crime and Courts Act warns of ‘most substantial threat to press freedom in modern era’.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th October 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Reassessing the role of parliament in law and human rights – UK Human Rights Blog
‘What is the role of parliament in the protection and realisation of the rule of law and human rights? Should there be a set of internationally agreed principles and guidelines on this issue to help parliaments develop their role? If so, what should be the content of any internationally agreed principles and guidelines? And how do we get international agreement on them? These were some of the questions posed and addressed at a recent high-level international conference held last month at Westminster. ‘
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th October 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Kyle Byfield death: Natasha Capell given life term – BBC News
‘A woman who stabbed a man in a drunken row in her flat has been sentenced to life in prison for his murder.’
BBC News, 15th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Murder rate and online fraud rises point to changing nature of crime – The Guardian
‘The first substantial increase in the murder rate for some years – up by 44 to 569 in the year to June in England and Wales – lies buried in a set of statistics that illustrate the changing nature of crime in an increasingly digital world.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
University of Sussex to pay student protester £20,000 in damages – The Guardian
‘The University of Sussex has apologised to a former student, admitting there was “no truth” in its claim that he’d led an unlawful occupation of the university and carried out acts of criminal behaviour.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Uber wins high court case over taxi app – The Guardian
‘The taxi-booking service Uber has received a boost after the high court ruled that its app was legal in London. Had it lost the case, the company would have been forced to change its service to comply with rules that protect black-cab drivers.’
The Guardian, 16th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Approach of Home Office to nationality case “astonishing and grotesque” rules High Court – Free Movement
‘The case is R (Bondada) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2015] EWHC 2661 (Admin), a challenge to a refusal by British officials to recognise the British citizenship of a lady who was a survivor of domestic violence looking to rebuild her life.’
Free Movement, 16th October 2015
Source: www.freemovement.org.uk
Submissions to Theresa May’s child sex abuse inquiry accidentally deleted – The Guardian
‘Information provided by alleged child abuse victims to the overarching inquiry set up by Theresa May has been deleted due to a blunder, it has emerged.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Privacy, Patients and Payments – information sharing in the Court of Appeal – Panopticon
‘The recent decision of the Court of Appeal in W, X, Y and Z v Secretary of State for Health, Secretary of State for the Home Department and British Medical Association [2015] EWCA Civ 1034 offers rich pickings for information lawyers. It deals with the status of information about medical treatment; it looks at the scope of common law protection for private and confidential information generally; and it illustrates how wider public law concepts can apply in the field of information sharing.’
Panopticon, 16th October 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Bridge players lose legal fight to classify card game as ‘mind sport’ – The Guardian
‘The players laid out their best hands, but in the end there was only one winner. Bridge is not a sport eligible for lottery funding, the high court has ruled, after players of the card game lost a legal challenge to have it designated a “mind sport”.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Secret court case application numbers more than double in a year – The Guardian
‘The number of official applications for secret court hearings more than doubled in the past year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Justice.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Courts likely to look for evidence that journalists have verified alleged defamatory statements, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
‘Journalists seeking to rely on the new ‘public interest’ defence to a claim of defamation will still have to be able to prove that they have taken steps to verify the accuracy of what they have published, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 15th October 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Court orders girl with two mothers to stay in touch with two fathers – The Guardian
‘A 14-year-old girl who was born as a result of donor fertilisation and is now embroiled in an “extraordinary” high court case has been ordered to stay in touch with her two “fathers” against her wishes.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust charged over four deaths – Daily Telegraph
‘The trust at the centre of the worst ever NHS scandal is facing criminal charges over the deaths of four patients .’
Daily Telegraph, 15th October 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Sun journalists cleared of paying police for stories – BBC News
‘Sun journalists Chris Pharo and Jamie Pyatt have been cleared of aiding and abetting a police officer to commit misconduct in a public office.’
BBC News, 15th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK schoolgirl given non-custodial sentence after admitting terror offences – The Guardian
‘A Manchester schoolgirl who downloaded bomb-making guides and became obsessed with suicide bombing has been given a non-custodial sentence after pleading with the court to let her “prove that I am not a terrorist”.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Judge attacks government’s ‘grotesque’ conduct in denying woman UK passport – The Guardian
‘The government tried to deny a passport to the daughter of a British citizen in conduct described as “grotesque” by a high court judge.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sir John Chilcot to set timetable for publication of Iraq war report – The Guardian
‘Relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq have claimed a partial victory after Sir John Chilcot announced he would finally set a timetable for his report on the six-year inquiry into the war.’
The Guardian, 15th October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
