‘An experienced doctor, who has questioned the official explanation for the death of weapons expert David Kelly, was dismissed by text and email while on a family holiday after he blew the whistle about alleged discrepancies in the dispensing of strong painkillers at an army base.’
The Guardian, 30th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A new law, designed to protect individuals from domestic abuse, has made more than 1,300 disclosures since it was launched 10 months ago. But how does it work and how do you go about making a request? Claire Cohen offers a practical guide.’
Daily Telegraph, 26th January 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Terrorists could use swarms of drones to bring down passenger aircraft, disperse chemical or biological weapons and target a nuclear power plants in Britain because of our lax aviation rules.’
The Independent, 23rd January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A groundbreaking scheme that allows women to discover if their partner has a history of violence has been hailed a success after figures showed that more than 1,300 such warnings have been issued in less than a year.’
The Independent, 26th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Senior politicians have called for the immediate publication of all documents cleared for release by the Iraq war inquiry.’
The Guardian, 24th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Section 40 of FOIA is where the Freedom of Information Act (mantra: disclose, please) intersects with the Data Protection Act 1998 (mantra: be careful how you process/disclose, please).’
Panopticon, 15th January 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘This is a housing case, but the procedural issue in this decision is only tangentially related to that. Nonetheless, it is a matter worth noting.’
NearlyLegal, 10th January 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The sister of a partially sighted man who killed himself after his benefits were cut is calling on the UK government to publish details of its review into his case, one of 60 internal investigations of suicides linked to benefit changes it has carried out since 2012.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Senior Court Cost Office has handed down a decision in the above case offering additional guidance as to when and what costs of attending an inquest can be recovered in subsequent civil proceedings.
Zenith PI Blog, 17th December 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘IPSA will name MPs who face investigation into their expenses, but they will be able to have the hearings in private.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Department for Work and Pensions has been urged by mental health and disability charities to publish its secret investigations into suicides that may have some link to benefit changes, following revelations that it has carried out internal reviews into 60 such cases.’
The Guardian, 14th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The justice secretary wants to restrict access to judicial reviews, but judging the lawfulness of executive action should not be a matter for the executive.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The standard form of disclosure ordered at a case management hearing normally required a personal signature by the party making the disclosure. It would be inappropriate for an appellate court to interfere with the case management decision of a first instance judge unless it were outside the generous ambit within which reasonable decision-makers might disagree.’
WLR Daily, 26th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Judiciary, the Executive and Parliament: Relationships and the Rule of Law (PDF)
Speech by Lord Chief Justice
Institute for Government, 1st December 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Regina (Joicey) v Northumberland County Council [2014] EWHC 3657 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 506
‘As in failure to take account of relevant material consideration cases, so also in a case involving a breach of statutory duty to disclose information, relief would be granted unless the decision-maker could demonstrate that the decision in question would inevitably have been the same had the decision-maker acted as he was required to do.’
WLR Daily, 7th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court is to consider the consequences of failing to comply with an unless order for a second time, it has emerged.’
Litigation Futures, 28th November 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The government’s most senior legal adviser acted unlawfully when he overrode a court and blocked the publication of secret letters written by Prince Charles, the supreme court has been told.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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