Cadent handed record £44m penalty after customers left without gas – The Guardian
‘Ofgem takes action after tower block residents had no supplies for up to five months.’
The Guardian, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Category: detention
This week’s round up – Williamson fired over Huawei and the courts return after Easter – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Despite the return of the courts on Monday, it was another relatively light week in terms of decisions in the fields of public law and human rights. However, the High Court decided a number of interesting clinical negligence cases, whilst the Court of Appeal gave judgement in the case of TM (Kenya), R (On the Application Of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 784.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th May 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
Age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales ‘too low’ says watchdog – The Independent
‘The low age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is putting children at risk during crucial years of their development, the human rights watchdog has warned. In an unprecedented move, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has called on lawmakers to raise the age at which a child can be deemed responsible for committing a crime – currently at 10.’
The Independent, 6th May 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
No necessity to arrest where person voluntarily attended police station – UK Police Law Blog
‘Every police officer knows they must have a reasonable suspicion that a person has committed an offence in order to arrest them. But that is only half of what is required. The second element is that they must have a reasonable belief in the necessity for the person’s arrest. The recent decision of Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police v MR [2019] EWHC 888 (QB) is one of a number of recent cases where appellate judgments have sought to tighten-up what the police must show in order to prove necessity.’
UK Police Law Blog, 30th April 2019
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
Home Office chaos and incompetence lead to unlawful detentions, claim whistleblowers – The Guardian
‘Chaos, incompetence and bullying of Home Office employees is resulting in failed deportations and the unlawful detention of vulnerable and desperate people, whistleblowers allege.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Dignity of women in custody ensured by planned law change – Home Office
‘Police will have to ask female detainees whether they are likely to require sanitary products, which they will be given free, under Home Office plans.’
Home Office, 24th April 2019
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
Child sex offenders ‘inadequately supervised’ at detention centre – The Guardian
‘child sex offenders being held at an immigration removal centre have been inadequately supervised, a watchdog has found.’
The Guardian, 16th April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Mother sues over daughter’s suicide attempt in school isolation booth – The Guardian
‘A woman whose daughter tried to kill herself while in an isolation booth at an academy school is to take legal action against the government.’
The Guardian, 3rd April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Judge rules £1/hr wages for immigration detainees are lawful – The Guardian
‘A high court judge has found that wages of £1 an hour paid in immigration detention centres are lawful.’
The Guardian, 27th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Catalogue of failings led to death of ‘gentle’ man at detention centre – The Guardian
‘A catalogue of failings contributed to the killing of a “gentle and polite” man in immigration detention, an inquest jury has found.’
The Guardian, 25th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Home Office overseeing ‘serious failings’ in almost every stage of immigration detention process, MPs warn – The Independent
‘The Home Office is overseeing “serious failings” in almost every stage of the immigration detention process, according to a new report which makes fresh calls for a time limit on detention.’
The Independent, 21st March 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Home Office apologises for failings that led to detention centre death – The Guardian
‘A senior Home Office official has repeatedly apologised for shortcomings that led to the killing of a “gentle and polite” man in immigration detention, at an inquest into his death.’
The Guardian, 19th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Medomsley detention centre saw hundreds sexually abused – BBC News
‘An officer at a former youth detention centre sexually assaulted hundreds of inmates, it has emerged.’
BBC News, 12th March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Appalling sexual abuse by staff of children in custody revealed by nationwide inquiry – The Independent
‘The appalling scale of sexual abuse against children as young as 11 in detention centres has been revealed by a nationwide inquiry. The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) said that more than 1,000 incidents of alleged sexual abuse had been reported between 2009 and 2017.’
The Independent, 28th February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
G4S faces prosecution over smoking at immigration detention centre – The Guardian
‘The security company G4S is facing prosecution for allegedly failing to implement a smoking ban at an immigration removal centre, in the first case of its kind.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
What price freedom? Counting the cost when DoLS goes wrong – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Twenty years on from Bournewood, the case that prompted the introduction of DoLS, and as the Mental Capacity Amendment Bill tolls the death knell for DoLS and introduces as their replacement Liberty Protection Safeguards, the High Court (HHJ Coe sitting as a Deputy High Court Judge) has given a sharp reminder of the human and financial cost of what happens when a hospital fails properly to discharge its obligations under the Mental Capacity Act and as a result, falsely imprisons (in a hospital) a patient.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 5th February 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
MPs and peers call for end to indefinite detention – The Guardian
‘Indefinite detention in immigration centres is traumatic and the practice should be stopped, with people ideally held for no longer than 28 days, a parliamentary committee has recommended. In a highly critical report, the joint committee on human rights (JCHR), made up of MPs and peers, described the UK’s immigration system as “slow, unfair and expensive to run”, and said detention should be authorised only by decision-makers independent of the Home Office.’
The Guardian, 7th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
Home Office still using NHS patient data for immigration enforcement despite suggesting it would end practice – The Independent
‘The Home Office is obtaining patient data from the NHS and using it for immigration enforcement purposes, despite suggesting last year that this form of data-sharing would no longer take place. A report by the chief inspector of borders reveals immigration enforcement teams are using hospital records containing data on migrants with an outstanding debt to the NHS of £500 or more.’
The Independent, 4th February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police and NHS not liable to victim’s children in negligence or breach of human rights – UK Police Law Blog
‘In Griffiths v (1) Chief Constable of Suffolk (2) Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust [2018] EWHC 2538 (QB), the High Court dismissed claims that the Chief Constable and the NHS Trust were negligent in breaching their duties of care or had breached human rights.’
UK Police Law Blog, 24th January 2019
Source: ukpolicelawblog.com
Court of Appeal rejects appeal by mother over aftercare services and day trip expense – Local Government Lawyer
‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a claim by a mother that a council and a clinical commissioning group were required under s.117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 to meet her travelling expenses for a 240-mile round trip to see her son on day trips out of the mental hospital where he is detained.’
Local Government Lawyer, 3rd January 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
