Category: airports

Pay a fee to skip the passport queue, under new Home Office plans – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 13th, 2013 in airports, consultations, fees, immigration, news, passports, pilot schemes by tracey

” British holidaymakers and business travellers who pay an extra fee to the Home Office will be allowed to skip the passport queue at the airport, under new plans outlined by the Home Office on Tuesday. A consultation paper said ministers were drawing up plans to extend ‘premium fast-track processing’ which is currently only available to some first and business class passengers at Heathrow. The proposal is one of a number of new ideas being floated to cover more of the immigration service’s costs by raising more revenue from passengers.”

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Daily Telegraph, 12th November 2013

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Legal bid over David Miranda detention at Heathrow – BBC News

Posted November 6th, 2013 in airports, detention, freedom of expression, human rights, intelligence services, media, news, police, proportionality, stop and search, terrorism by sally

“Lawyers for the partner of a journalist are due back in court in a legal challenge to his airport detention under anti-terrorism laws.”

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BBC News, 6th November 2013

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Security pair jailed for Birmingham Airport smuggling – BBC News

Posted November 5th, 2013 in airports, conspiracy, fraud, gangs, immigration, news, sentencing by sally

“Two security workers have been jailed for helping to smuggle illegal immigrants through Birmingham Airport.”

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BBC News, 4th November 2013

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Women sentenced for stripping at Manchester airport – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 1st, 2013 in airports, alcohol abuse, conditional discharge, costs, fines, news, public order, sentencing by sally

“Two women have been sentenced for taking off their clothes in front of shocked passengers at Manchester airport.”

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Daily Telegraph, 1st November 2013

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Another hall of mirrors human rights story from the Telegraph – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 28th, 2013 in airports, bills, human rights, intelligence services, investigatory powers, media, news, police, select committees, stop and search, terrorism by sally

“Yesterday saw another poor piece of human rights reporting from the Telegraph, again from Home Affairs Correspondent David Barrett. Strasbourg human rights court threatens key counter-terrorism powers. It is a typical piece of hall-of-mirrors reporting; all of the basic elements are there but presented in a distorted and inaccurate way.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 27th October 2013

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New police anti-terror powers could be unlawful, say MPs – The Independent

Posted October 14th, 2013 in airports, bills, detention, forced marriages, human rights, investigatory powers, miscarriage of justice, news, police, privacy, stop and search, terrorism by sally

“Intrusive anti-terrorism powers that give police the right to detain travellers for up to six hours without suspicion, as well as download data from their phones and laptops, are unlawful, a group of MPs has warned.”

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The Independent, 11th October 2013

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Schedule 7 powers too intrusive, says committee – The Guardian

Posted October 14th, 2013 in airports, bills, complaints, detention, human rights, investigatory powers, Islam, judicial review, news, police, religious discrimination, stop and search, terrorism by sally

“Stop and search powers at ports and airports – used to detain the partner of the Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald for nine hours during the summer – are too intrusive, according to a parliamentary committee.”

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The Guardian, 11th October 2013

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Exclusive: Watchdog takes police to court over airport ‘harassment’ – The Independent

Posted October 11th, 2013 in airports, complaints, harassment, immigration, Islam, news, police, religious discrimination, stop and search by sally

“Scotland Yard acted unlawfully after failing to fully investigate claims that innocent Muslims were detained and harassed at airports under sweeping anti-terrorism laws, the police watchdog has claimed.”

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The Independent, 10th October 2013

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More developments under Schedule 7 – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted August 29th, 2013 in airports, detention, human rights, immigration, news, terrorism by sally

“In a judgment with implications for the detention of David Miranda, the High Court has today dismissed an appeal against a conviction for wilfully failing to comply with a duty imposed by virtue of Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 28th August 2013

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High court rejects human rights appeal over airport detention – The Guardian

Posted August 29th, 2013 in airports, appeals, detention, human rights, immigration, news, terrorism by sally

“Three high court judges have said there is room for improvement in the operation of counter-terror powers used by police special branch officers to stop, question and detain 70,000 people a year passing through Britain’s airports and ports.”

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The Guardian, 28th August 2013

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Woman to hear court ruling on her airport questioning – BBC News

Posted August 28th, 2013 in airports, failure to disclose information, human rights, news, stop and search, terrorism by sally

“A Muslim woman who says she was stopped at an airport ‘without reasonable suspicion’ is awaiting a court ruling on whether her rights were breached.”

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BBC News, 28th August 2013

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Regina (Buckinghamshire County Council and others) v Secretary of State for Transport; Regina (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Same; Regina (Heathrow Hub Ltd and another) v Same – WLR Daily

Posted July 30th, 2013 in airports, bills, EC law, environmental protection, law reports, local government, parliamentary papers, planning, railways by sally

Regina (Buckinghamshire County Council and others) v Secretary of State for Transport; Regina (HS2 Action Alliance Ltd) v Same; Regina (Heathrow Hub Ltd and another) v Same [2013] EWCA Civ 920; [2013] WLR (D) 308

“The Government’s proposed strategy for the promotion, construction and operation of a new high speed rail network, as set out in a command paper and followed after consultation by an announcement of decisions and next steps, was not a plan or programme which set the framework for future development consent by the decision-maker (ie Parliament) so as to necessitate an environmental assessment within the scope of the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive (Parliament and Council Directive 2001/42/EC).”

WLR Daily, 24th July 2013

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Airport expansion on ‘vital’ nature reserve to be challenged in court – The Independent

Posted May 29th, 2013 in airports, environmental protection, inquiries, news, nuclear power, planning by sally

“Controversial plans for a major extension to an airport which sits next to one of Britain’s most important nature reserves – as well as a nuclear power station – are to be challenged in court, it was announced today.”

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The Independent, 28th May 2013

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Salzburger Flughafen GmbH v Umweltsenat (Landesumweltanwaltschaft Salzburg and another intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted March 26th, 2013 in airports, appeals, EC law, environmental protection, law reports by sally

Salzburger Flughafen GmbH v Umweltsenat (Landesumweltanwaltschaft Salzburg and another intervening) (Case C-244/12); [2013] WLR (D) 115

“When a member state, pursuant to article 4(2)(b) of Council Directive 85/337/EEC, with regard to projects falling within the scope of the discretion under Annex II whether to carry out an environmental assessment (‘EA’), established a threshold which was incompatible with the obligations laid down in articles 2(1) and 4(3) of that directive, the provisions of articles 2(1) and 4(2)(a) and (3) of the directive had direct effect, which meant that the competent national authorities had to ensure that it was first examined whether the projects concerned were likely to have significant effects on the environment and, if so, that an assessment of those effects was then undertaken.”

WLR Daily, 21st March 2013

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Leth v Republic of Austria – WLR Daily

Posted March 19th, 2013 in airports, compensation, EC law, environmental protection, housing, law reports by tracey

Leth v Republic of Austria: (Case C-420/11);   [2013] WLR (D)  106

“The effect which a development project had on the value of material assets was not a factor that an assessor had to take into account under article 3 of Council Directive 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment, as amended (OJ 1985 L175, p 40, OJ 1997 L73, p 5, OJ 2003 L156, p17) when undertaking an environmental impact assessment. However, pecuniary damage, in so far as it was the direct economic consequence of the environmental effects of a project, was covered by the objective of protection of the environment pursued by the Directive.”

WLR Daily, 14th March 2013

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UK Border Agency defies MPs over deportation ‘reserves’ – The Guardian

Posted February 18th, 2013 in airports, deportation, human rights, immigration, news by sally

“The UK Border Agency is under attack for ignoring demands from a cross-party Commons committee and the chief inspector of prisons to stop its ‘inhumane’ treatment of some deportees.”

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The Guardian, 16th February 2013

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Civil Aviation Act 2012 – legislation.gov.uk

Posted December 21st, 2012 in airports, competition, legislation by tracey

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Airport to ditch ‘naked’ scanners – The Independent

Posted September 17th, 2012 in airports, news, privacy by sally

“Controversial ‘naked’ security scanners are to be ditched by airport bosses.”

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The Independent, 17th September 2012

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Twitter users “free to speak not what they ought to say, but what they feel” – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted July 30th, 2012 in airports, appeals, EC law, freedom of expression, human rights, internet, news, threatening to destroy or damage property by sally

“The famous ‘Twitter joke’ conviction of Paul Chambers has been overturned on appeal, bringing welcome clarity to what is and what is not an offence of this type. On discovering a week before he was due to take a flight that the airport was closed due to adverse weather conditions, he tweeted that ‘I am blowing the airport sky high!!’ unless the situation was resolved by the time of his flight. He was convicted of sending a message of a ‘menacing character’, but has had the conviction quashed on appeal, on the basis that, as it was a joke, it was not of a menacing character.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 27th July 2012

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‘Twitter joke’ case only went ahead at insistence of DPP – The Guardian

Posted July 30th, 2012 in airports, appeals, Crown Prosecution Service, freedom of expression, internet, news, public interest, threatening to destroy or damage property by sally

“The director of public prosecutions (DPP) stopped his staff dropping the case against Paul Chambers, author of the ‘Twitter joke’ about blowing up Robin Hood airport in South Yorkshire, it has been claimed.”

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The Guardian, 29th July 2012

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