Category: control orders

Child-friendly Control Orders? Why Child-specific Counter-terrorism Measures are Both Unnecessary and Dangerous – Oxford Human Rights Hub

Posted January 24th, 2023 in children, control orders, news, terrorism, terrorism prevention & investigation measures by sally

‘The new year brought with it news that ministers in the UK are considering new counter-terrorism measures that specifically target children. Concerned at the growing number of children – particularly teenagers – being arrested for non-violent and online-based terrorism offences that can have a stigmatising and permanent effect on their records, the UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation Jonathan Hall KC proposed new non-criminal counter-terrorism alternatives that are especially tailored towards children under the age of 17.’

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Oxford Human Rights Hub, 23rd January 2023

Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk

Bank Mellat and disclosure in closed material proceedings

Posted October 29th, 2015 in appeals, banking, closed material, control orders, disclosure, financial regulation, Iran, news by sally

‘Bank Mellat is an Iranian bank, initially subjected to a 2009 order which prohibited anybody in the UK from dealing with it – until the Supreme Court quashed it: here, and my posts here and here. ‘

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UK Human Rights Blog, 28th October 2015

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Government should address core Libya rendition allegations, judge rules – The Guardian

Posted July 2nd, 2015 in abuse of process, appeals, closed material, control orders, detention, documents, immigration, intelligence services, kidnapping, Libya, news, public interest, rendition, striking out, torture by sally

‘The government should address the core allegations of 12 claimants who say they were kidnapped, tortured, subject to control orders or tricked into travelling to Libya where they were detained or mistreated, a high court judge has said.’

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The Guardian, 1st July 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Secretary of State for the Home Department v Mohamed (formerly CC); Same v CF – WLR Daily

Posted May 8th, 2014 in abuse of process, appeals, control orders, law reports, reasons, stay of proceedings, terrorism prevention & investigation measures by tracey

Secretary of State for the Home Department v Mohamed (formerly CC); Same v CF; [2014] EWCA Civ 559; [2014] WLR (D) 187

‘Suspected terrorists subject to control orders and terrorism prevention and investigation measures who brought proceedings for abuse of process relating to the manner in which they were removed to the United Kingdom from Somaliland were entitled to see the Secretary of State’s objections to their case for alleged collusion and mistreatment. The Secretary of State was not permitted to confine reasons for rejecting their case on those issues to a closed judgment. The applicants and the public should not be denied all knowledge of the extent to which their factual and/or legal case was accepted or rejected. Such a total denial offended justice and propriety.’

WLR Daily, 2nd May 2014

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Security farce over anonymity for terror suspects on the run – Daily Telegraph

Posted January 27th, 2014 in anonymity, control orders, human rights, news, terrorism by sally

‘Home Office is caught up in a row over its refusal to name terror suspects who have gone missing while on control orders.’

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Daily Telegraph, 25th January 2014

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Terror suspect in new human rights bid to Strasbourg – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 3rd, 2013 in appeals, control orders, EC law, human rights, news, terrorism by sally

“European human rights judges have told ministers to justify the use of a ‘control order’ against a suspect MI5 believe to be linked with a Libyan terrorist group, in a move which raises new questions about Strasbourg’s influence over British justice.”

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Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Secretary of State for the Home Department v CC and another – WLR Daily

Posted October 24th, 2012 in abuse of process, control orders, law reports, stay of proceedings, terrorism, terrorism prevention & investigation measures by sally

Secretary of State for the Home Department v CC and another [2012] EWHC 2837 (Admin); [2012] WLR (D) 283

“Where it was alleged that illegal actions of state agents constituted an abuse of the process of the court, it was not necessary to prove actual knowledge of that illegality for abuse of process to be established. There might be situations where mere recklessness or even negligent conduct could justify a stay on grounds of abuse of process.”

WLR Daily, 19th October 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Terror suspects arrested in Somaliland lose UK appeal – BBC News

Posted October 22nd, 2012 in abuse of process, appeals, closed material, control orders, news, terrorism, terrorism prevention & investigation measures by sally

“Two men accused of being part of a ‘prolific extremist network’ have lost their appeal against control orders.”

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BBC News, 19th October 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Secretary of State for the Home Department v CB and another – WLR Daily

Posted April 5th, 2012 in civil procedure rules, control orders, law reports, stay of proceedings, terrorism by sally

Secretary of State for the Home Department v CB and another [2012] EWCA Civ 418; [2012] WLR (D) 112

“Where a court made a non-derogating control order in proceedings against a person under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, it had no jurisdiction to order a permanent stay of such proceedings under the Act nor under its case management powers in the Civil Procedure Rules, unless the controlled person requested such a course of action.”

WLR Daily, 3rd April 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Judge was wrong to stop terror suspects’ case to save money, Appeal Court rules – Daily Telegraph

Posted April 4th, 2012 in appeals, budgets, control orders, damages, immigration, judges, news, terrorism by sally

“A judge who stopped a case brought by two terror suspects in order to save money was in the wrong, the Appeal Court has ruled.”

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Daily Telegraph, 4th April 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

UK terror suspects sent into internal exile under control orders – The Guardian

Posted March 26th, 2012 in control orders, human rights, news, terrorism by sally

“More than 20 men suspected of involvement in Islamic terrorism were sent into internal exile across the UK under the now defunct system of ‘preventative’ control orders, a report says.”

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The Guardian, 26th March 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Another control order ruled unlawful for breach of right to fair trial – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted February 13th, 2012 in control orders, human rights, news, terrorism prevention & investigation measures by sally

“The Court of Appeal has upheld a challenge to a control order on the basis that the person subject to the order (‘the controllee’) had not been given sufficient information about the case against him.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 11th February 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Terrorism control order system ends at midnight – BBC News

Posted January 25th, 2012 in control orders, news, terrorism, terrorism prevention & investigation measures by sally

“The control order regime restricting the freedoms of terrorism suspects is being abolished from midnight.”

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BBC News, 25th January 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

National security concerns do trump human rights, sometimes – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted October 14th, 2011 in control orders, human rights, news, sexual offences prevention orders by tracey

“The Home Secretary Theresa May was lambasted last week for an inaccurate reference to cats, but the more general view expressed by her and most of the media that the Human Rights Act is routinely getting in the way of national security interests is also arguably misleading.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 12th October 2011

Source: http://ukhumanrightsblog.com

Exile plan for terror suspects is a bungled measure, say civil liberties groups – The Guardian

Posted September 2nd, 2011 in control orders, crime prevention, news, terrorism by tracey

“The government has been accused of bungling national security policy after announcing plans for the ‘internal exile’ of terrorism suspects in the event of an emergency. Civil liberties groups said the new powers were restrictions that ministers had said they would scrap for breaching human rights. Labour claimed the policy was now a mess and that ministers were ‘putting political deals and fudges ahead of national security.’ ”

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The Guardian, 1st September 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Court upholds decision to impose control order on terror suspect – The Guardian

Posted July 29th, 2011 in control orders, London, news, terrorism by tracey

“A decision by the home secretary, Theresa May, to impose a control order on a terror suspect who is banned from London has been upheld by the high court.”

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The Guardian, 29th July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Terrorism suspect ordered to leave London – The Guardian

Posted July 25th, 2011 in control orders, human rights, London, news, terrorism by tracey

“A terrorist suspect and father of five has been ordered to move to a city outside London because of the risk that he might participate in fundraising for Pakistani militant groups.”

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The Guardian, 22nd July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Terror suspect in control order appeal – BBC News

Posted July 11th, 2011 in appeals, control orders, news, terrorism by sally

“A terror suspect appealing against a control order was trained in Syria from where he plotted a terror attack on the UK, the High Court has heard.”

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BBC News, 11th July 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

BG v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted June 16th, 2011 in appeals, control orders, human rights, law reports by sally

BG v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 1478 (Admin); [2011] WLR (D) 192

“On an appeal under section 10(1)(4) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 against the renewal of a non-derogating control order, it was not part of the court’s task to determine whether the earlier decision under section 2(1)(a) to make the original control order had been or was now flawed. Evidence sought to be adduced for that purpose was not admissible.”

WLR Daily, 13th June 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Updated anti-extremism strategy published – BBC News

Posted June 8th, 2011 in control orders, crime prevention, internet, Islam, news, terrorism by tracey

“Home Secretary Theresa May has launched the government’s updated strategy for tackling terrorism by saying there needs to be better focus on preventing extremism at community levels.”

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BBC News, 8th June 2011

Source: www.bbc.co.uk