“The UK must introduce laws allowing prisoners to vote within six months or face severe legal and financial penalties, the European court of human rights has warned.”
The Guardian, 23rd November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to rights and freedoms in the UK and to the European Convention on Human Rights.”
Ministry of Justice, 18th November 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
Donald v Ntuli [2010] EWCA Civ 1276; [2010] WLR (D) 291
“Whether, in view of the principle of open justice, it was necessary for a court to restrain publication of the existence of proceedings and the anonymity of the parties, depended on the facts of the particular case. Restrictions should be the least that could be imposed, consistent with the protection of a party’s right to respect for that party’s private and family life, and whether the continued anonymity was justified by the fact that there might be a significant risk of serious consequences to that right which might not be remediable.”
WLR Daily, 17th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“The partner of murdered Rachel Nickell today said he would take his compensation claim against the Metropolitan Police to the European Court of Human Rights.”
The Independent, 16th November 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Watkins v Woolas [2010] EWHC 2702 (QB); [2010] WLR (D) 288
“S 106 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, which imposed the penalties for an election candidate found guilty of a corrupt or illegal practice, was compatible with the right to freedom of expression contained in art 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. The interference with the right to freedom of expression by s 106 and the penalties imposed for breach of that section were proportionate to the legitimate aim of the section.”
WLR Daily, 12th November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“The debate over whether control orders will survive the anti-terrorism review has been rumbling on for the past weeks, with a surprising amount of internal discussions being aired in public.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“BT and TalkTalk today (10 November) won the right to a judicial review of the Digital Economy Act, throwing controversial government proposals to tackle illegal filesharing into uncertainty.”
The Guardian, 10th November 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The right of ‘persons interested’ under section 15(1) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 to inspect the accounts to be audited and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating to them did not stretch, on the facts, to examination of commercially sensitive material which was protected by art 1 of the First Protocol of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 2nd November 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“The family of Jean Charles de Menezes has launched a new fight for justice at the European Court of Human Rights over the failure to prosecute seven police officers over the Brazilian’s shooting.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An accused’s rights would, in principle, be irretrievably prejudiced if incriminating statements made during police interrogation without access to a lawyer were admitted in evidence at trial. Accordingly, s 14 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 should be read and given effect so as to preclude the admission of such evidence, unless in the particular circumstances of the case there had been compelling reasons for restricting access to a lawyer.”
WLR Daily, 26th October 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“Mental health patients are increasingly being locked up in hospitals without legal authority, a practice which may infringe human rights law, the health regulator said today.”
The Guardian, 27th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (King) v Secretary of State for Justice [2010] EWHC 2522 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 258
“The discretion of a prison governor to decide the extent of an inmate’s basic association with his fellows did not remove from association its quality as a personal right, a right which was subject to the lawful exercise of discretion by the governor. Within the autonomous meaning afforded to civil rights by the European Court of Human Rights, a prisoner’s residual right of association was a ‘civil right’ within art 6(1) of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 20th October 2010
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In re Stakefield (Midlands) Ltd and others [2010] WLR (D) 249
“A defendant to disqualification proceedings brought by the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform would not be entitled to have the proceedings struck out on the basis that the Secretary of State had committed a breach of duty by failing to obtain evidence or otherwise to investigate. Where, however imperfect the investigations might have been, the Secretary of State had in fact assembled evidence of a defendant’s unfitness to be concerned in the management of a company, it was for the court to determine at trial whether the Secretary of State had made out his case.”
WLR Daily, 13th October 2010
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“A stand-up comedian is finally allowed to joke about his ex-wife on stage after winning a bitter legal dispute in which she tried to gag him.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The composer of an opera who was left bankrupt after unsuccessfully suing the London Evening Standard for libel has failed in his bid to take his case to the European Court of Human Rights.”
The Guardian, 28th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The coalition government appeared to be heading for a clash with the country’s official human rights watchdog today after insisting its newly-published guidance on torture does not breach UK or international law.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The UK’s official human rights watchdog has warned the government that its newly published guidance on torture may be unlawful and open to challenge in the courts.”
The Guardian, 27th September 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Law Society warned that the Legal Services Commission’s family tender process will restrict access to justice for victims of domestic abuse, forced marriage and children, as its judicial review of the tender process began in the High Court today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 23rd September 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will this week hear claims from the British government that locking-up an emotionally disturbed young man and failing to prevent him from inflicting terrible self-harm does not merit an independent, public inquiry.”
The Independent, 12th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Coalition ministers are to be warned today that their current plans to overhaul counter-terrorism powers risk tacitly condoning torture and banning a wide range of political and religious groups.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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