Category: government departments
CF v Security Service and others; Mohamed v Foreign and Commonwealth Office and others – WLR Daily
“A court could make a declaration under section 6 of the Justice and Security Act 2013 permitting a closed material application to be made to the court before a public interest immunity claim had been made or determined.”
WLR Daily, 7th November 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Jeremy Hunt loses appeal as Lewisham hospital cuts ruled illegal – The Guardian
“The health secretary suffered another embarrassing legal defeat on Tuesday when appeal court judges ruled he had acted illegally in cutting A&E and maternity services at Lewisham hospital in south-east London.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ministry fined after Cardiff prisoner details emailed to families – BBC News
“The Ministry of Justice has been fined £140,000 after the details of more than 1,000 inmates at Cardiff prison were emailed to three prisoners’ families.”
BBC News, 22nd October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Back to basics: why a public authority can’t be an HRA victim – UK Human Rights Blog
“David Mead looks at a case in which the Olympic Delivery Agency got an injunction against protesters: Olympic Delivery Authority v Persons Unknown. The ODA was a public authority, and the protesters were advancing defences under Articles 10 (freedom of expression) and 11 (freedom of association). Arnold J dismissed the defences on the basis that these rights needed to be balanced against the ODA’s rights to property under A1P1.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th October 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Foreign criminal awarded £25,000 damages – Daily Telegraph
“A foreign criminal jailed for robbery has been awarded £25,000 damages because of mistakes made by the Home Office during deportation proceedings.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th October 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Code of practice call over government tsars – BBC News
“The process for appointing government ‘tsars’ and evaluating their work is inadequate, a new report has claimed.”
BBC News, 15th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Plebgate: Keir Starmer defends police investigation – The Guardian
“Britain’s most senior prosecutor said he understands concerns surrounding the time it has taken to investigate police officers over the Plebgate saga, which cost Tory MP Andrew Mitchell his cabinet post.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sexual offences: Wrong questions asked of victims, says Keir Starmer – BBC News
“Victims of sexual offences have been afraid of reporting them because police have asked ‘the wrong questions’, the director of public prosecutions for England and Wales has said.”
BBC News, 13th October 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Home Office ‘go home’ vans banned over misleading figures – The Guardian
“The Home Office’s ‘go home’ poster vans targeting illegal immigrants have been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for quoting misleading arrest statistics.”
The Guardian, 9th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Ministry of Defence holds 66,000 files in breach of 30-year rule – The Guardian
“The Ministry of Defence is unlawfully holding thousands of files that should have been declassified and transferred to the National Archive under the 30-year rule, including large numbers of documents about the conflict in Northern Ireland.”
The Guardian, 6th October 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Home Office: Drugs must remain illegal to ‘protect society’ – The Independent
“Government clashes with one of England’s leading police officers who says Class A drugs should be decriminalised.”
The Independent, 29th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Court case aims to force MoD’s hand with Freedom of Information requests on drones – The Independent
“Britain’s controversial deployment of US-built Reaper drones in Afghanistan will come under scrutiny in court this week in a closed hearing that will see a UK-based drone operator give evidence for the first time.”
The Independent, 22nd September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Robert Thomas: Immigration judicial reviews – UK Constitutional Law Group
“There is much current debate over judicial review, prompted in large part by successive government consultation papers. This note provides an overview of recent developments concerning immigration judicial reviews, which have, for many years, provided the bulk of all judicial review claims.”
UK Constitutional Law Group, 12th September 2013
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
MoJ insists it has “appetite” for legal regulation review – Legal Futures
“The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has dismissed suggestions that it is not committed to its review of legal regulation.”
Legal Futures, 12th September 2013
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Shocking’ bedroom tax should be axed, says UN investigator – The Guardian
“Housing expert Raquel Rolnik says policy could constitute a violation of the human right to adequate housing.”
The Guardian, 11th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
NSA leaks: David Cameron’s response is intimidation, says world press body – The Guardian
“David Cameron has been told that the government’s attempt to destroy sensitive leaked documents about mass surveillance was ‘an act of intimidation’ that risks a chilling effect on press freedom. The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) has written to the prime minister over the government’s ‘deeply regrettable’ response to files leaked by the National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.”
The Guardian, 26th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Theresa May had advance notice of David Miranda detention at Heathrow – The Guardian
“The home secretary has confirmed that she was given advanced notice of the decision by the police to detain David Miranda, the partner of the Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald, at Heathrow airport.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Home Office monitored over Freedom Of Information delays – BBC News
“The Home Office is to be monitored for three months over concerns it takes too long to respond to Freedom of Information requests.”
BBC News, 9th August 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Home Office may have broken the law in ‘racist’ spot checks on suspected illegal immigrants – and may have questioned domestic violence victims – The Independent
“The Home Office is facing an investigation into whether its officials broke the law by carrying out ‘racist’ spot checks to find illegal immigrants, as it emerged that domestic violence victims may also have been questioned about their right to be in Britain.”
The Independent, 3rd August 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
