‘Chris Packham is seeking an urgent injunction to immediately halt HS2’s destruction of ancient woodlands as campaigners criticise construction teams for allegedly ignoring the government’s physical distancing rules for coronavirus and endangering local people.’
The Guardian, 27th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Home Office will stop evicting asylum seekers from government accommodation for the next three months while the UK remains in coronavirus lockdown, the British Red Cross has said.’
The Guardian, 28th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK’s privacy watchdog has said the government can use personal data from people’s mobile phones to track and monitor behaviour if it helps fight the spread of coronavirus.’
The Guardian, 27th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A police force has defended using a drone camera to shame people into not driving into a national park during the lockdown, while another force said it was introducing roadblocks to stop drivers heading to tourist hotspots.’
The Guardian, 26th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The appellant’s son is alleged to have been one of a group of terrorists operating in Syria, involved in the murder of US and British citizens. The US made a mutual legal assistance request to the UK in relation to an investigation into the activities of that group. The Home Secretary requested an assurance that the information would not be used directly or indirectly in a prosecution that could lead to the imposition of the death penalty. The US refused to provide a full death penalty assurance and the Home Secretary agreed to provide information to the US without requiring any assurance. The appellant challenged the Home Secretary’s decision by way of judicial review. The questions for the Supreme Court were firstly whether it is unlawful for the Secretary of State to exercise his power to provide MLA so as to supply evidence to a foreign state that will facilitate the imposition of the death penalty in that state on the individual and secondly whether it is lawful under the Data Protection Act 2018, Part 3 for law enforcement authorities in the UK to transfer personal data to law enforcement authorities abroad for use in capital criminal proceedings.’
UKSC Blog, 25th March 2020
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Commercial tenants who miss a payment in the next three months because of the coronavirus outbreak will be protected from eviction, the government has announced.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The high court has rejected calls to free hundreds of immigration detainees who, lawyers and human rights activists say, are at risk from Covid-19 while behind bars.’
The Guardian, 26th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK acted unlawfully by passing evidence to the US that could lead to the execution of two British members of an Islamic State murder squad.’
BBC News, 25th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK government published then deleted changes to abortion law that would have allowed women to access medical terminations without travelling to a clinic, leaving women’s health charities “staggered”.’
The Guardian, 24th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The London Borough of Tower Hamlets last week launched a legal challenge to the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government’s decision to grant planning permission for the Westferry Printworks site.’
Local Government Lawyer, 23rd March 2020
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Emergency legislation giving sweeping powers to ban gatherings and forcibly quarantine suspected coronavirus patients was passed by MPs on Monday night, despite continued worries about civil liberties and the potential effect on vulnerable people.’
The Guardian, 23rd March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Supreme Court has today [18 March] handed down an important judgment in the area of human trafficking and modern slavery.’
Blackstone Chambers, 18th March 2020
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘The government has passed all stages of its 329-page emergency bill through the House of Commons.’
BBC News, 24th March 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘I’ve seen the draft amendments to the Coronavirus Bill on housing possession. A word of caution, this was a draft from 22 March, not the actual amends due to be put forward today 23 March. I was waiting for those to be made public to check, but that has not happened as of 6 pm. There may have been some changes, but my understanding is it was going ahead as per the draft.’
Nearly Legal, 23rd March 2020
Source: nearlylegal.co.uk
‘A new government bill that brings sweeping new powers to shut down mass gatherings, potentially detain people with coronavirus symptoms and weaken the social care safety net is being rushed through parliament. The Guardian’s Peter Walker explains what is at stake.’
The Guardian, 24th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK government is facing a legal challenge over claims it is failing to protect the wages and jobs of millions of workers amid the coronavirus pandemic.’
Each Other, 23rd March 2020
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The Home Office has released almost 300 people from detention centres in the last few days because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 21st March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘QA, an Iraqi national and a vulnerable at risk adult was detained on 27 March 2017 to enable his inclusion in a new Iraqi documentation and removal exercise. Following detention he was held for 4 months, whilst repeated attempts were made to remove him, over which time he consistently expressed suicidal thoughts, engaged in self-harm and attempted suicide on at least two occasions.’
Garden Court Chambers, 2nd March 2020
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
‘The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in an appeal brought by a non-gendered person, Christie Elan-Cane, challenging the Government’s policy not to issue non gender-specific “X” passports to non-gendered, non-binary and other trans persons who do not identify as, or exclusively as, male or female.’
Blackstone Chambers, 10th March 2020
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘As the report on the Home Office scandal is finally published, we revisit the victims’ stories.’
The Guardian, 19th March 2020
Source: www.theguardian.com
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