Revenge porn: One in three allegations dropped – BBC News
‘One in three allegations of so-called revenge porn are withdrawn by the complainant, new figures show.’
BBC News, 14th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: anonymity
Google search reveals names of rape victims – BBC News
‘Google’s auto-complete and related search functions are revealing the identity of rape victims who have been granted anonymity.’
BBC News, 22nd May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Lady Hale at the Sir Nicholas Wall Memorial Lecture 2018, London – Supreme Court
‘Openness and Privacy in Family Proceedings. Sir Nicholas Wall Memorial Lecture 2018, Gray’s Inn, London. Lady Hale, President of The Supreme Court.’
Supreme Court, 15th May 2018
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
Jon Venables: Judge rules legal challenge against killer’s anonymity by James Bulger’s family cannot be granted in current form – The Independent
‘A judge has said he will not grant a legal challenge by relatives of murdered toddler James Bulger against an order protecting his killer’s identity in its current form.’
The Independent, 3rd May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Jon Venables: James Bulger’s family launch legal challenge to lift anonymity order protecting toddler’s killer – The Independent
‘James Bulger’s family are launching a legal challenge to stop one the toddler’s killers, Jon Venables, from being protected by a life-long anonymity order.’
The Independent, 1st May 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
The disbelieved: rape accusers’ stories retold on stage – The Guardian
‘When a rape trial ends in acquittal, what do the anonymous women who made the claims do next?’
The Guardian, 25th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Finance and Divorce Update, April 2018 – Family Law Week
‘Claire Molyneux Senior Associate, and Naomi Shelton, Associate, Mills & Reeve LLP analyse the news and case law relating to financial remedies and divorce during March 2018.’
Family Law Week, 15th April 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Cliff Richard case ‘likely to have massive implications’ – BBC News
‘When South Yorkshire Police raided Sir Cliff Richard’s home in August 2014, he was in Portugal, but the BBC was outside, with a helicopter standing by.’
BBC News, 12th April 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Undercover policing inquiry: Chairman urged to quit – BBC News
‘Campaigners have walked out of a public inquiry into undercover policing, demanding that the chairman stand down or appoint a full panel.’
BBC News, 21st March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
LCIA transparency drive welcomed as anonymised challenge decisions published – OUT-LAW.com
‘The recent publication of an online database of anonymised arbitrator challenge decisions by the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) is a “significant development in regards to transparency”, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 14th February 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
Researchers to be free to test anonymisation measures under UK data protection reforms – OUT-LAW.com
‘Planned changes to UK data protection laws will not put security researchers at risk of breaking the law when they test the effectiveness of data anonymization measures, as had been feared.’
OUT-LAW.com, 11th January 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
Data protection bill amended to protect security researchers – The Guardian
‘The government is to amend the data protection bill to protect security researchers who work to uncover abuses of personal data, quelling fears that the bill could accidentally criminalise legitimate research.’
The Guardian, 9th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
The open justice principle: a child’s crimes and a parent’s misdemeanour – Transparency Project
‘What legal principles connect publicity for the 17 year-old Charlie Pearce (born 3 July 2000), a double rapist and attempt murderer (R v Pearce (Press Restrictions) Haddon-Cave J (7 December 2017)) and privacy for a stalking mother who, with her cohabitant (‘Mr JM’) tried to disrupt her 10 year-old daughter T’s foster placement (Re T (A Child) [2017] EWCA Civ 1889 (23 November 2017)).’
Transparency Project, 31st January 2018
Source: www.transparencyproject.org.uk
Still-births; time to pass responsibility to Coroners? – Park Square Barristers
‘On 17th May this year I discussed the Court of Appeal decision in the tragic case of R (on the application of T) v HM SENIOR CORONER FOR THE COUNTY OF WEST YORKSHIRE (2017) EWCA Civ 318 in which the Court of Appeal were asked to deal with an application for judicial review of two decisions of the West Yorkshire Coroner; first to hold an Inquest into the death of a baby who may or may not have been born alive and second not to grant an anonymity order to the baby’s mother. ‘
Park Square Barristers, 5th December 2017
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
Attorney general’s office investigates social media posts which may identify Jon Venables – Daily Telegraph
‘The attorney general’s office has announced an inquiry into social media messages which may identify Jon Venables.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Inquiry into social media messages that may identify Jon Venables -The Guardian
‘The attorney general’s office has launched an investigation into social media messages which may breach the worldwide legal injunction preventing identification of the convicted child killer Jon Venables.’
The Guardian, 4th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Damaged reputations an ‘unfortunate by-product’ of abuse inquiries – BBC News
‘Reputational damage to dead people is an “unfortunate by-product” of police inquiries into historical sex abuse allegations. That’s the view of David Tucker, from the College Of Policing, but he said it happened only in certain cases in which the names of dead suspects were made public. Mr Tucker told Law in Action, on BBC Radio 4, that the college was drawing up guidelines for forces in England and Wales to help them decide whether to identify suspects in such cases.’
BBC News, 14th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Judge allows naming of council involved in special guardianship case – Local Government Lawyer
‘A judge has allowed Gloucestershire County Council to be identified in a child guardianship case.’
Local Government Lawyer, 9th November 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
