“A young woman with learning difficulties who faced the prospect of a court deciding if her pregnancy should be terminated has the capacity to decide herself, the high court has ruled.”
The Guardian, 10th January 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Doctors are applying for a court order to allow them to carry out an abortion on a mentally disabled woman without her consent.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th January 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The provisions relating to the existence, validity and applicability of advance decisions, and especially those relating to life-sustaining treatment, are some of the most important in the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (‘MCA 2005’). The penalties for failing to comply with the procedural requirements can result in the overriding by the Court of what may appear to be clear and strongly-held views expressed by P before the onset of incapacity.”
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Thirty Nine Essex Street, December 2012
Source: www.39essex.com
“The husband of a woman who died in Addenbrooke’s hospital, Cambridge, has claimed doctors ‘badgered’ her about agreeing to a ‘do not resuscitate’ order. David Tracey alleges two DNR notices were added to his wife Janet’s medical records without her knowledge or consent.”
The Guardian, 5th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“From today (1 October) anyone with a historic conviction for certain decriminalised consensual sex offences can apply to have these records deleted.”
Home Office, 1st October 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Statement from Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions:
‘On 7 September 2012, I received a request from those representing Mr Karl Watkin for my consent for him to bring a private prosecution against Babar Ahmad and Syed Ahsan for a number of offences under the Terrorism Act 2000. I also received copies of the documents upon which Mr Watkin proposes to rely in support of that prosecution.'”
Crown Prosecution Service, 1st October 2012
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
“As Britain’s tabloids close ranks in condemning the publication of pictures of a sunbathing Duchess of Cambridge, it is tempting to conclude that a fear of Leveson lies behind the outbreak of criticism. But in truth anybody who has followed the history of celebrity holiday pictures will know the tabloids are far more cautious than they used to be, after a series of PR disasters and adverse legal rulings have forced privacy issues up the agenda.”
The Guardian, 17th September 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The view of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) that businesses do not require individuals’ ‘explicit consent’ in order to contract others to process their sensitive personal data is in contrast with the wording of data protection law, according to two experts.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th September 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Last week the heat of the rape debate reached boiling point when, here in the UK, MP George Galloway made a video cast commenting on sexual allegations made against Julian Assange.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 30th August 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
“George Galloway sparked outrage with his comments on the Julian Assange sexual assault allegations, but does the definition of rape vary significantly from country to country?”
BBC News, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Wales and ex-Sheffield United footballer Ched Evans has lost the first stage of his appeal against his conviction for rape.”
BBC News, 21st August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has yet to begin investigating websites accused of breaking the new cookie laws, which came into force last year, because it does not yet have an investigative team in place.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th August 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Fifty English councils are bringing in policies to tackle the rise in the number of people with learning disabilities entering forced marriages.”
BBC News, 1st August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A psychic who conned young female disciples into stripping off for raunchy spiritualist sessions is facing jail.”
The Independent, 22nd June 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Website operators can only take advantage of an exemption from new cookie laws if site users specifically request a service or function and that service would not work without the serving of the cookie, EU data protection regulators have warned.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“UK authorities are beginning tentatively to enforce the cookies law and, after the compliance panic of the past month, companies can now sit back and examine where the fault lies for the development of such a poor, troublesome law.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Fewer than one in five major UK organisations have introduced mechanisms on their websites for obtaining users’ consent to ‘cookies’ which are compliant with the law, an accountancy firm has claimed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th June 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“Organisations that properly anonymise personally identifying information do not have to comply with data protection laws in order to disclose the altered information, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st May 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“New EU regulations on the use by British websites of cookies have been watered down by the UK’s information commissioner just hours before they were due to come into force.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Three years have gone by since the European Parliament shocked and awed everyone by tweaking the e-privacy directive and introducing the most controversial word in the data protection glossary – consent – in the provision that deals with Internet cookies.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th May 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
