‘Any serving Gwent Police officer found to have been involved in “abhorrent messages” need to face firm action, the force’s police and crime commissioner has said.’
BBC News, 14th November 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The storm raging around small boats arriving on the south coast has been brewing for some time. In early summer the focus was a policy to send arrivals to Rwanda. Intervention by the European Court of Human Rights effectively suspended flights while a domestic ruling on the policy’s legality is awaited. Meanwhile, in Dover a migrant processing centre has been firebombed, another is dangerously overcrowded, and the new Home Secretary raises tensions by speaking of an “invasion”.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th November 2022
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The UK’s competition watchdog has reissued an order to Facebook’s parent firm Meta to sell Giphy.’
The Independent, 18th October 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A sex abuse survivor has been paid a substantial sum after claiming school staff failed to protect her when she was raped by her mother’s partner.’
BBC News, 14th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Motorists have been urged to be familiar with new driving laws that have been rolled out, including stricter rules against the use of mobile phones.’
The Independent, 13th October 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Now Dacre faces the prospect of seeing the Daily Mail’s parent company Associated Newspapers dragged into a lengthy legal battle, where he could have to give evidence under oath about his newspaper’s activities in the name of journalism. According to a statement issued by lawyers for the six individuals, the claims include allegations of illegal activity such as homes being bugged, deceptive tactics used to obtain private medical information and the tapping of live phone calls.’
The Guardian, 7th October 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The new head of the Metropolitan police has promised to root out “corrupting” staff with “constructive anger” after it was revealed that recently serving officers have been posting racist content on WhatsApp.’
The Guardian, 6th October 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Sir Elton John is among several public figures taking legal action against the publisher of the Daily Mail over what they call “gross breaches of privacy”.’
BBC News, 6th October 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Electronically stored information (ESI) is crucial to resolving your disputes and complying with your disclosure obligations.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th October 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘NHS officials ruled a man who died after his ear infection was not picked up in GP telephone consultations should have been seen face to face, a BBC Newsnight investigation has found.’
BBC News, 29th September 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A serving police officer and an ex-colleague have been warned there is a real possibility they will go to jail after being found guilty of sending grossly offensive misogynistic and racist messages in a WhatsApp group that included Sarah Everard’s killer.’
The Guardian, 21st September 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Intercepts remain inadmissible as evidence, which makes our jurisdiction an outlier. Is it time to allow their use, when this could boost transparency and build public confidence?’
Law society's Gazette, 20th September 2022
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Matthew Alderton examines past disciplinary cases, regulatory action and recent judicial review challenges that show the various dangers that public bodies could face by allowing staff to communicate via WhatsApp and other social media.social media.’
Local Government Lawyer, 16th September 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Motorists have been urged to be familiar with new driving laws that have been rolled out this month, including stricter rules against the use of mobile phones.’
The Independent, 16th September 2022
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘James Nelson takes a look at the High Court’s decision in Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Limited v London Borough of Hackney.’
Local Government Lawyer, 26th August 2022
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘PwC has been fined almost £1.8m for failing to properly scrutinise the accounts of telecoms company BT after a £500m accounting fraud had been uncovered at its Italian operation.’
The Guardian, 8th August 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Rebekah Vardy has lost her “Wagatha Christie” libel case against Coleen Rooney, in a dramatic self-inflicted legal defeat that leaves her reputation destroyed.’
The Guardian, 29th July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Tech companies should move ahead with controversial technology that scans for child abuse imagery on users’ phones, the technical heads of GCHQ and the UK’s National Cybersecurity Centre have said. So-called “client-side scanning” would involve service providers such as Facebook or Apple building software that monitors communications for suspicious activity without needing to share the contents of messages with a centralised server.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK Supreme Court has largely backed providers of telecommunications infrastructure in three cases to do with the extent of their rights under the revised Electronic Communications Code (“the Code”) to acquire additional Code rights over land that they do not own.’
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd June 2022
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
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