“Intelligence officers could be prosecuted for aiding and abetting torture overseas because new guidelines are not clear enough, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has claimed.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th June 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Eba v Advocate General for Scotland [2011] UKSC 29; [2011] WLR (D) 204
“The approach to judicial review of unappealable decisions of the Upper Tribunal in Scotland should be to align itself with what had been decided by the Supreme Court to be the approach to be taken in England and Wales. Accordingly, as in England and Wales, the same criteria which had to be satisfied when making a second-tier appeal to the Court of Appeal applied when deciding whether a refusal of permission by the Upper Tribunal to appeal to itself was open to judicial review in Scotland.”
WLR Daily, 22nd June 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
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“Judicial review of a refusal by the Upper Tribunal of permission to appeal to itself was limited to the grounds upon which permission to make a second-tier appeal to the Court of Appeal would be granted.”
WLR Daily, 22nd June 2011
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“BT and TalkTalk have been refused permission to appeal against their failed legal challenge of the Digital Economy Act.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court has rejected legal challenges to the closures of Sittingbourne and Barry magistrates’ courts.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 20th June 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“A breastfeeding mother whose newborn baby was forcibly taken from her and put into care for six days is seeking a judicial review over alleged unlawful treatment during a crucial bonding period with her daughter.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Legal challenges launched to save magistrates courts from closure following a decision last year by the lord chancellor have been rejected by the high court.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Chapple v Suffolk County Council and another [2011] EWCA Civ 691; [2011] WLR (D) 194
“The structure of the tribunals system under the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 was designed to be flexible, as was the role of the Upper Tribunal. The Upper Tribunal hearing appeals from the First-tier tribunal should look at the procedural possibilities involved in complex cases and should, where appropriate, consider whether judicial review would be a suitable remedy.”
WLR Daily, 8th June 2011
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“Planning permission review announced over Bristol store at centre of rioting.”
The Guardian, 15th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Regina (Alvi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWCA Civ 681; [2011] WLR (D) 190
“When deciding whether to grant leave to remain in the United Kingdom to a non-EEA economic migrant it was not open to the Secretary of State to treat the certificate of sponsorship issued by the migrant’s employer as invalid in reliance on the fact that the migrant’s job fell below the relevant NVQ/SVQ level specified in a separate document published on the UK Border Agency’s website after the laying before Parliament pursuant to section 3(2) of the Immigration Act 1971 of a Statement of Changes in the Immigration Rules; it was the obligation of the Secretary of State to specify the threshold for skilled occupations in the Immigration Rules themselves.”
WLR Daily, 9th June 2011
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“The fate of a Victorian magistrates building serving a deprived part of Kent has emerged as a test case for opposition to government plans to close nearly 150 courts across the country.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two former cabinet minsters, a police chief and a journalist are to mount a judicial review into the Metropolitan police’s handing of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.”
The Guardian, 23rd May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service faced pressure from both its own inspectorate and the Bar Council this week over its procurement of external advocates. The Gazette has learned that the Bar Council is seeking advice on a judicial review of the CPS’s new advocate panels.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 19th May 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Britain’s biggest council has been told its plans to cut care services for elderly and severely disabled people are ‘unlawful’ and must be scrapped, in a landmark High Court judgement with wide-ranging implications for social care.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Four men who believe the News of the World hacked their phones have applied to the High Court again for a judicial review into the police inquiry.”
BBC News, 12th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Regina (Adams) v Secretary of State for Justice (JUSTICE and another intervening); In re MacDermott’s and McCartney’s Applications for Judicial Review (JUSTICE intervening) [2011] UKSC 18; [2011] WLR (D) 155
“A miscarriage of justice, within the meaning of section 133 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, occurred where a new fact so undermined the evidence against the defendant that no conviction could possibly be based upon it.”
WLR Daily, 11th may 2011
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“The high court ruling condemning the MoD for restricting funding for litigation underlines the importance of judicial review.”
The Guardian, 12th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Peace activist Maya Evans has won a dramatic High Court victory in her battle to block cuts to legal aid funding for human rights cases brought ‘in the public interest’.”
The Independent, 12th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Disabled people are using the courts to challenge multimillion-pound spending cuts which they say will hit them hardest.”
The Guardian, 10th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A policeman’s killer has failed in his bid to sue prison authorities over the way they handled a jail switch when they were warned of an escape plan.”
BBC News, 6th May 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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