“Nurses who were banned from working under a controversial vetting scheme are to launch a major test case against the Government in the European Court.”
Daily Telegraph, 30th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Police chiefs could be forced to clear the DNA database of innocent people ahead of any change in the law under a legal challenge that begins today.”
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Desmond v Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police [2011] EWCA Civ 3; [2011] WLR (D) 1
“In considering whether the chief officer’s statutory obligation under s 115(7) of the Police Act 1997 to provide information to the Criminal Records Bureau on a request for an Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate (ECRC) had been carried out in a manner which, exceptionally where the relationship between claimant and defendant arose in a statutory context, gave rise to a breach of the common law duty of care towards the claimant, an important factor was the existence of other remedies such as a claim under art 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 13th January 2011
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Teacher pursues seven-year battle to return to classroom after being acquitted of sexual assault.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th January 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Regina v C [2010] EWCA Crim 2971; [2011] WLR (D) 347
“Where a defendant wished to challenge evidence of earlier convictions which the Crown sought to deploy as relevant to the question of whether the defendant was responsible for the commission of the offences for which he was on trial, the defendant’s bare assertion that he did not commit those earlier offences was inadequate; it was essential that the defendant provide a detailed defence statement identifying all the ingredients of the case which he proposed to advance for the purpose of discharging the evidential burden of proving that he did not commit the earlier offences.”
WLR Daily, 23rd December 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“Relatives of Maria Stubbings plan action after Essex force failed to inform mother that her new partner was a convicted killer.”
The Guardian, 7th December 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“For the first time, numbers relating to the MAPPA status and management levels of all MAPPA offenders living in England and Wales can now be viewed online.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th October 2010
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The system of checks that people working with children and vulnerable adults are required to undergo will be considered afresh in a radical examination of the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS). The Government today outlined the terms of a thorough review of the VBS which will re-examine whether the scheme is the most appropriate mechanism to protect children and vulnerable people and, if so, how many roles should be covered by it.”
Home Office, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“An anti-paedophile vetting scheme that would have forced nine million people to undergo checks is to be ripped up under a review to be announced today, The Daily Telegraph can disclose.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A shoplifter with ‘a bad criminal record for offences of theft’ has won the right to damages against the Home Secretary under human rights laws.”
The Independent, 1st October 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The mother of Sarah Payne has welcomed the introduction of ‘Sarah’s Law’ in Sussex, the county where her daughter was murdered by a paedophile in 2000.”
BBC News, 28th September 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Home secretary Theresa May hailed an ‘important step forward for child protection’ yesterday as Sarah’s law, which allows parents to check if someone has a history of child sex offences, was rolled out to police forces across England and Wales.”
The Guardian, 1st August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Children would not be protected by Labour’s controversial anti-paedophile database, according to experts, because sexual predators are more likely to find victims online rather than in their workplaces.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Registration with the Vetting and Barring Scheme (VBS) will be halted to allow the government to remodel the scheme back to proportionate, common sense levels, it was announced today.”
Home Office, 15th June 2010
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Men with convictions for homosexual sex with someone over the age of 16 will have any record of the crime expunged, Theresa May has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Plans for a database of adults who want to work with children have been halted following a wave of criticism.”
Daily Telegraph, 14th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Supreme Court
“In criminal proceedings in Scotland, the Crown was under the same obligation to disclose to the defence any outstanding charges against a prosecution witness as it was to disclose a witness’s previous convictions.”
The Times, 17th February 2010
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“Criminals with convictions for offences including indecent assault and drug dealing are knowingly being granted taxi driver licences, an investigation claimed today.”
The Independent, 11th January 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The names of nearly a million people who have not been convicted or cautioned for any crime will continue to be stored on the police national computer, even though the government is changing the law so that their DNA profiles are deleted.”
The Observer, 20th December 2009
Source: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/
“Controversial new rules requiring adults who have frequent access to other people’s children to be enrolled on an official register are to be dramatically scaled down, just two months after they were introduced.”
The Independent, 13th December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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