Category: disclosure

Panic as ministers are warned they may have to disclose personal emails – The Independent

Posted September 22nd, 2011 in disclosure, electronic mail, freedom of information, ministers' powers and duties, news by tracey

“David Cameron and his most senior aides face being forced to open up their private email accounts to see if they contain details of sensitive government business hidden from the Civil Service. A meeting of permanent secretaries yesterday discussed ordering a ‘trawl’ of personal email accounts held by Mr Cameron, senior aides and government ministers to see if they contain messages which fall within the remit of the Freedom of Information Act, The Independent understands.”

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The Independent, 22nd September 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Anemometers, environmental information, and legal advice: the Planning Inspectorate’s duty to disclose? – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted August 25th, 2011 in disclosure, freedom of information, local government, news, privilege by sally

“This interesting decision of the First-Tier Tribunal (not linked to this post, for reasons I shall explain below) goes to the circumstances in which a public authority can refuse under environmental information rules to disclose legal advice received by it.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 25th August 2011

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Transcript: Judge criticises prosecutors over disclosure of evidence – The Guardian

Posted August 18th, 2011 in Crown Prosecution Service, disclosure, evidence, judgments, news, withholding information by sally

“This is the transcript of the judge’s comments in one of the three cases in which the Crown Prosecution Service has been accused of withholding evidence.”

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The Guardian, 17th August 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Widow takes on BBC over Israel ‘bias’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 15th, 2011 in BBC, disclosure, freedom of information, media, news by sally

“The BBC faces a legal challenge over a report it has kept secret – but the case is being brought from beyond the grave.”

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Daily Telegraph, 13th August 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

JSC BTA Bank v Solodchenko and others – WLR Daily

Posted August 11th, 2011 in contempt of court, disclosure, law reports by sally

JSC BTA Bank v Solodchenko and others [2011] EWHC 2163 (Ch); [2011] WLR (D) 273

“The court had jurisdiction to order a solicitor to disclose his client’s contact details if satisfied it was just and convenient to do so to ensure the effectiveness of an earlier order.”

WLR Daily, 5th August 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Why Reprieve is quitting the torture inquiry – The Guardian

Posted August 5th, 2011 in charities, disclosure, intelligence services, news, rendition, torture by sally

“Reprieve and other charities have found that the investigation set up by the government has serious shortcomings.”

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The Guardian, 4th August 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Torture inquiry boycotted by human rights groups over lack of openness – The Guardian

Posted August 5th, 2011 in charities, disclosure, intelligence services, news, rendition, torture by sally

“Human rights groups and lawyers boycotting the inquiry into allegations of torture by the security and intelligence agencies are accusing the government of reneging on promises that it would be open and independent.”

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The Guardian, 4th August 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Undercover police officer unlawfully spied on climate activists, judges rule – The Guardian

Posted July 21st, 2011 in appeals, disclosure, evidence, news, police by sally

“Three senior judges have ruled that the undercover police officer Mark Kennedy unlawfully spied on environmentalists and arguably acted as an ‘agent provocateur’.”

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The Guardian, 20th July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan gain phone hacking order – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 20th, 2011 in disclosure, interception, legal representation, media, news, police by tracey

“Police were ordered by a High Court judge today to disclose information which could indicate that telephone messages sent and received by celebrities Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan were intercepted by a private investigator working for a newspaper.”

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Daily Telegraph, 20th July 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

CPS in crisis as allegations of suppressed evidence wreck trials – The Guardian

Posted July 19th, 2011 in Crown Prosecution Service, disclosure, evidence, inquiries, news by tracey

“The Crown Prosecution Service faces a crisis following the abandonment of a series of trials after allegations of serious wrongdoing were made against its staff.”

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The Guardian, 18th July 2011

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Al Rawi and others v Security Service and others (Liberty and others intervening) – WLR Daily

Posted July 18th, 2011 in closed material, disclosure, evidence, law reports, public interest immunity by sally

Al Rawi and others v Security Service and others (Liberty and others intervening) [2011] UKSC 34; [2011] WLR (D) 228

“It was for Parliament, if it so decided, and not for the courts, to introduce a closed material procedure to replace the existing process developed by the common law for dealing with claims to public interest immunity in an ordinary civil claim for damages.”

WLR Daily, 13th July 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

DPP announces details of independent inquiry into Ratcliffe-on-Soar cases – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted July 13th, 2011 in Crown Prosecution Service, disclosure, inquiries, misfeasance in public office, police, press releases by tracey

“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has asked retired High Court judge Sir Christopher Rose to conduct the independent inquiry into issues arising out of the Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station protest cases.”

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Crown Prosecution Service, 13th July 2011

Source: www.cps.gov.uk

Mark Kennedy’s secret tapes: CPS launches wide-ranging inquiry – The Guardian

Posted July 13th, 2011 in Crown Prosecution Service, disclosure, inquiries, misfeasance in public office, news, police by tracey

“A leading former judge has been appointed to lead an expanded inquiry into claims that prosecutors suppressed secret surveillance tapes recorded by undercover police officer Mark Kennedy.Sir Christopher Rose, a retired court of appeal judge noted for his fierce independence, will head the inquiry which was set up by the director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC.”

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The Guardian, 13th July 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

National Grid sues for access to engineering cartel papers – The Guardian

Posted July 8th, 2011 in competition, disclosure, news, pleadings by tracey

“National Grid is battling in London’s high court for access to secret documents relating to its £235m cartel case against a group of Europe’s top engineering companies.”

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The Guardian, 7th July 2011

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Great Ormond Street Hospital doctors want Baby Peter inquiry – BBC News

Posted July 1st, 2011 in child abuse, disclosure, hospitals, inquiries, news by tracey

“Doctors have demanded a government investigation into why London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital kept information from the original Baby Peter inquiry.”

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BBC News, 1st July 2011

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Celebrities can be given hacking surveillance notes, High Court rules – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 28th, 2011 in disclosure, documents, interception, news, telecommunications by sally

“Lawyers of celebrities who suspect that phone messages were intercepted by News of the World journalists can be given material from ‘surveillance’ notes seized by police, a High Court judge said today (27 June).”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Sunday Times loses libel disclosure battle with police – The Guardian

Posted June 21st, 2011 in defamation, disclosure, media, news, police by sally

“The Sunday Times has lost a court battle to force the commissioner of the Metropolitan police and the Serious Organised Crime Agency to disclose confidential documents which the newspaper could use as evidence in a libel trial next month.”

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The Guardian, 21st June 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Pfleiderer AG v Bundeskartellamt – WLR Daily

Posted June 20th, 2011 in competition, disclosure, EC law, evidence, law reports by sally

Pfleiderer AG v Bundeskartellamt (Case C-360/09); [2011] WLR (D) 196

“A person adversely affected by an infringement of European Union competition law was not precluded by the provisions of that law from being granted access to documents relating to the leniency procedure for the purposes of bringing a civil action for damages.”

WLR Daily, 14th 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.

Appeal court orders search of Galloway’s charity papers – The Independent

Posted May 16th, 2011 in charities, disclosure, freedom of information, Iraq, news by sally

“Civil servants have been ordered to reconsider disclosing thousands of documents relating to a fund run by former MP George Galloway during Saddam Hussein’s regime.”

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The Independent, 14th May 2011

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Social networking sites consider UK court ruling – The Independent

Posted May 16th, 2011 in disclosure, foreign jurisdictions, injunctions, internet, news by sally

“Social networking sites based abroad are tonight (13 May) considering whether to comply with a British court ruling seeking to ban their members from revealing the identities of parties involved in sensitive legal proceedings in London.”

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The Independent, 13th May 2011

Source: www.independent.co.uk