Bail refused for many riot accused as courts work overtime – The Guardian
“Many of those charged with riot offences from last week have been refused bail by magistrates.”
The Guardian, 12th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: violent disorder
UK riots: juveniles could be named and shamed, says Theresa May – Daily Telegraph
“Juveniles involved in last week’s riots and looting face being named and shamed after the Home Secretary said the courts should not protect their identity.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th August 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
UK riots: Judges warned by Law Society not to hand down ‘rushed justice’ – The Guardian
“Judges and magistrates have been warned not to dispense ‘rushed justice’ after courts sat through the night to deal with hundreds of defendants charged after four days of rioting and looting in England.”
The Guardian, 12th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rioters’ access to social media could be stopped, Government says – OUT-LAW.com
“The UK Government is investigating whether it can stop people communicating through social media if they are known to be planning riots, the Prime Minister has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th August 2011
Source:www.out-law.com
#WithoutPrejudice 11: Riots and The Law – Human Rights Act update – #Hackedoff campaign update – Charon QC
“Analysis of the law relating to the riots, a review of a number of important human rights cases and the further developments on the #Hackedoff campaign. David Allen Green and Carl Gardner is at the table as always and we are joined by former Lib-Dem MP Dr Evan Harris, David Wales, a lawyer in private practice – a criminal law specialist and blogger – and Adam Wagner, a practising barrister at 1 Crown Office Row and editor of the UK Human Rights blog.”
Charon QC, 12th August 2011
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
Families made homeless by riots will be compensated – The Guardian
“At least 100 families are thought to have been made homeless by arson and looting since Saturday with the government pledging sufficient funds to give financial assistance to others whose homes have been damaged.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK riots: the list of magistrate cases and convictions so far – The Guardian
“Who is ending up in the magistrates courts accused of riot-related offences? Now includes 155 cases.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK riots: in courtrooms across country, there was little room for leniency – The Guardian
“It was a day of frenzied activity in magistrates courts as the long riot cleanup entered its judicial phase.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Related link: Magistrates work through night as arrests and convictions follow riots
Charging and convicting rioters is not a simple matter – The Guardian
“Amid the present – understandably febrile – state of public opinion we are hearing, as we often do in these circumstances, calls to short-circuit the cumbersome processes of the law in order to bring the rampaging rioters and looters to justice. The prime minister is reported as saying that a ‘major police operation’ is under way to track down looters caught on CCTV ‘picture by picture’, and that ‘phony concerns about human rights’ issues won’t stop them being published. He wants anyone convicted of violent disorder to be sent to prison.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Does publishing photos of rioters infringe their human rights? – The Guardian
“In the wake of the recent violence in cities across England, the police have been releasing photographs of individuals in an appeal to the public for assistance in identifying them and bringing them to justice.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Will alleged rioters get a fair trial? – The Guardian
“In the coming weeks and months we will see a succession of alleged rioters face justice. Already 1,000 people are being put through courts that have been been sitting through the night to cope with the numbers. Police and emergency services have been tested to their limits, and we can expect the laws of contempt to be similarly tested in the aftermath of these extraordinary events.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Defence of property: what is permissible? – Legal Week
“Normally, in a democratic society, people rely on the police to be able to respond in a way which makes it unnecessary for the individual to have to act to defend his property. The responsibility for the maintenance of law and order rests primarily with the state authorities: principally, with the police.”
Legal Week, 10th August 2011
Source: www.legalweek.com
UK riots: bang ’em up? Maybe, but at what cost to everyone? – The Guardian
“Our prisons are already bursting at the seams. More constructive would be restorative justice, writes Erwin James.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Courts sit round the clock to administer fast-track justice – The Independent
“A schoolworker, a hairdresser and an Exeter university student were among the first alleged rioters to be unmasked.”
The Independent, 11th August 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police tell public rioters can be hit with weapons if they pose a danger – The Guardian
“Scotland Yard has told the public that suspected rioters and looters can be hit with weapons if they are honestly thought to pose a danger.”
The Guardian, 10th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sweeping powers open to ministers in times of crisis – The Guardian
“Curfews, bans on travel, assembly and ‘other specified activities’, confiscation of property with or without compensation, and, most drastically, the deployment of the armed forces on the streets to quell disorder are among options open to ministers under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Reporting the UK riots: what are journalists’ rights? – The Guardian
“There have been many examples of bravery by journalists in reporting the riots in London and elsewhere over the past few nights.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Mark Duggan did not shoot at police, says IPCC – The Guardian
“Mark Duggan, whose shooting by police sparked London’s riots, did not fire a shot at police officers before they killed him, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said on Tuesday.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
A legal guide to citizen’s arrest – The Guardian
“Although better left to the police, Rupert Myers explains the law when performing a citizen’s arrest.”
The Guardian, 9th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Blackberry maker can lawfully assist police in combating riots, lawyer says – OUT-LAW.com
“The manufacturers of a messaging system used by London rioters to organise public disorder can legitimately hand over details of the communications to police, according to a legal expert.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
