Blind man Tasered by police seeks compensation – The Guardian

Posted January 11th, 2013 in assault, declarations of incompatibility, false imprisonment, news, police, weapons by tracey

“A blind stroke victim has made a claim for compensation after he was shot in the back with a 50,000-volt Taser stun gun by a police officer who mistook his white stick for a samurai sword.”

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The Guardian, 10th January 2013

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Law, politics, and the draft Brighton Declaration – UK Human Rights Blog

“Although not a ‘supreme law bill of rights’, the Human Rights Act 1998 is a significant constraint upon the political-legislative process. In this post, I argue that the extent of that constraint would likely diminish were the draft Brighton Declaration implemented in its present form.”

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UK  Human Rights Blog, 9th March 2012

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R (F (A Child)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (Thompson) v Same – WLR Daily

R (F (A Child)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (Thompson) v Same [2010] UKSC 17; [2010] WLR (D) 98

“The indefinite notification requirements for sexual offenders who had been sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment or more were incompatible with the right to respect for private and family life because they did not contain any mechanism for reviewing the justification for continuing the requirements in individual cases.”

WLR Daily, 21st April 2010

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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Regina (Coombes) v Waltham Forest London Borough Council and another – WLR Daily

Regina (Coombes) v Waltham Forest London Borough Council and another [2010] WLR (D) 70

“S 3 of the Eviction Act 1977 was not incompatible with arts 6 and 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 10th March 2010

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R (Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice and another – WLR Daily

R (Chester) v Secretary of State for Justice and another [2009] WLR (D) 316

“Where a United Kingdom court had made a declaration of incompatability [sic] pursuant to s 3(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998 in respect of legislation and where the Government was in the process of putting forward legislation to Parliament and no further vindication of the claimants rights was necessary, the court would not exercise its discretion so as to make a further declaration of incompatability in respect of the same or similar legislation.”

WLR Daily, 4th November 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

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