‘An animal charity has appealed against a court decision which ruled a monkey could not own the copyright to a selfie photograph it took.’
BBC News, 12th August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Jehovah’s Witnesses organisation is under increasing pressure to address its handling of sexual abuse allegations as it faces legal setbacks, bills of over £1m and a fight to prevent the Charity Commission examining its records of abuse claims.’
The Guardian, 12th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Hundreds of dogs are being put down unnecessarily, an animal charity has warned, as it calls for a government law change.’
The Guardian, 9th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A funeral director who stole money donated by grieving families to charities in memory of their loved ones has been handed a suspended sentence.’
BBC News, 3rd August 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The High Court has ruled that a local authority acted unlawfully when it reduced funding to voluntary sector organisations that offer short breaks to disabled children.’
Local Government Lawyer, 28th July 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Two people have been convicted of stealing almost £700,000 from the Royal Horticultural Society over the course of a decade.’
The Guardian, 18th July 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Charity fundraisers who harass the elderly and shoppers in street will be “named and shamed” by a tougher new regulator to be launched today.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th July 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Children held in custody in England and Wales are twice as likely to have force used against them by staff than they were five years ago, research suggests.’
BBC News, 20th June 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Last year 32,446 people subject to immigration control in the UK were detained by the government. Some had entered the country irregularly and were quickly removed. Others were detained pending removal or deportation. More than half of them were released back into the community, meaning that their detention had served no purpose.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 13th June 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘UK banks have been told by the City regulator they should not use anti-money laundering rules as an excuse to close accounts for charities, politicians and other clients just because they perceive them as risky.’
The Guardian, 24th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A widowed mother-of-five who has lived in Australia for most of her life is facing deportation to the UK. What awaits her when she gets off the plane, asks Claire Bates.’
BBC News, 24th May 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The new head of the RSPCA has pledged to continue passing information about illegal fox-hunting and farm cruelty to the police but said that in the past the charity had struck the wrong tone when championing animal rights.’
The Guardian, 16th May 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A charity run by Didier Drogba is being investigated over “serious regulatory concerns” by the Charity Commission.’
BBC News, 14th April 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Following three trials of former members of Jehovah’s Witnesses’s congregations on charges of historic sex abuse the Charity Commission decided to initiate a statutory inquiry relating to a leading Jehovah’s Witness charity’s safeguarding policy regarding vulnerable beneficiaries in particular children, under section 46 of the Charities Act 2011, and to order the charity to produce a wide range of documents, under section 52 of the Act, even though none of those accused was connected with the charity. .The applicants, the charity and its trustees, sought judicial review of those decisions, on the grounds that (i) the commission had acted disproportionately by commencing an inquiry the scope of which was vague and undefined and by interfering with the applicants’ Convention rights, and had thereby breached its duty to act fairly so that the decision was irrational; and (ii) the scope of the production order was disproportionate in that information was sought of a personal and sensitive nature, within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 1998, and was furthermore in breach of the Convention rights of individuals affected. The judge in refusing permission to proceed with the judicial review clain held that the applicants had an effective statutory remedy by appealing to the First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber) (Charity) against a decision to initiate an inquiry, and that any complaint relating to the breadth of a production order could be dealt with before that tribunal.’
WLR Daily, 15th March 2016
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has been censured over a Christmas advert in which Father Christmas tells a little girl who wants a puppy to tell her mother to sponsor a charity dog for £1 a week instead.’
The Independent, 9th March 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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