‘FOIA remains a potent tool for enhancing transparency on issues of great public importance. Two recent decisions – concerning the Chilcot Inquiry and the post-prime ministerial activities of Tony Blair – are good current illustrations.’
Panopticon, 10th November 2016
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘A surgeon who served a jail sentence over the death of a patient at a private hospital has won an appeal against his conviction.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The UK government’s welfare reform policy has resulted in systematic violations of the human rights of disabled persons, according to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.’
RightsInfo, 14th November 2016
Source: www.rightsinfo.org
‘The RSPCA is “targeting vulnerable, ill and elderly” people and removing their pets, and should be stripped of its powers to prosecute cases of animal cruelty, an MPs report has found.’
Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘An autistic man facing claims he hacked US government computer systems has criticised a ruling to extradite him.’
BBC News, 15th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A supreme court judge has raised the prospect that Theresa May would have to comprehensively replace existing EU legislation before the government could even begin Brexit, in a move that could seriously delay the process.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The UK’s underground medical marijuana scene, where dealers give away tens of thousands of pounds worth of cannabis in order to offer relief to those in physical pain, has been exposed in a new documentary.’
The Independent, 15th November 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘People from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are more likely to be jailed for some crimes than those who are white, according to a government-commissioned report.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘On Tuesday 8 November 2016, Halsbury’s Law Exchange (HLE) hosted a panel discussion on the urgent topic of: “Women in Prison: is the justice system fit for purpose?” In the lead up to the panel discussion, Felicity Gerry QC and Lyndon Harris co-authored a discussion paper on this vital question.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 10th November 2016
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Thousands of Chagos islanders, deported from their homeland in the Indian Ocean by the UK government to make way for a US military base in 1971, will not be given the right of return to resettle, the Foreign Office will announce on Wednesday.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A woman sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of faking her own rape says she is now fighting to clear her name.’
BBC News, 15th November 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘People suffering a mental health crisis should never be held in police cells as they find it terrifying and become even more unwell, ministers will be told.’
The Guardian, 16th November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘… they do, however, faithfully and diligently discharge their office and can be, of course, in an employment relationship.’
Cloisters, 31st October 2016
Source: www.cloisters.com
‘The Electronic Communications Code is contained in the Telecommunications Act 1984 Schedule 2, as amended by Schedule 3 to the Communications Act 2003 (“the Existing Code”).’
Falcon Chambers, September 2016
Source: www.falcon-chambers.com
‘I have been asked to talk this afternoon about breach of contract, specifically what strategies can be adopted in the event that one party fails to complete under the terms of the contract. What are the options for escaping the contract or, alternatively, for forcing the other party to complete?
Falcon Chambers, September 2016
Source: www.falcon-chambers.com
‘Last week, the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Cardiff County Council v Lee (Flowers) [2016] EWCA Civ 1034, confirming that all landlords, whether social or private, are required to seek the permission of the County Court under CPR r83.2 in order to obtain a warrant of possession for breach of a suspended possession order.’
Hardwicke Chambers, 26th November 2016
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
‘Shortly after the referendum on 23 June, demands were made that continuing EU membership should now be considered by Parliament, with a view it seems to stop BREXIT happening, and to frustrate the will of the 17 million who voted to leave. Indeed, the Guardian carried an article only five days later on ‘How we can stop Brexit – lobby our MPs’ (29 June 2016), no doubt as inflammatory and unacceptable to the BREXITEERS as subsequent developments have been to the REMAINERS. Fearing that Parliament was being enlisted with an agenda to defeat the referendum result, it is not surprising that the BREXITEERS should wish to exclude Parliament from the process altogether.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 10th November 2016
Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘One in four prisons in England and Wales are holding transgender inmates, an official report has revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th November 2016
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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