Police bail debate raises legal eyebrows – The Guardian
“The supreme court seemed to be exercising powers it does not have when it offered to consider suspending the bail ruling”
The Guardian, 6th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Category: detention
Supreme court dismisses police bail ruling appeal – The Guardian
“The supreme court has dismissed an application from the police to suspend a ruling that triggered a bail crisis, leaving the legal position of 85,000 suspects in doubt.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Parliament to hear emergency bill on police bail – BBC News
“Emergency legislation designed to reverse a controversial judgement on police bail will go before MPs on Thursday.”
BBC News, 4th July 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Paedophiles’ bail conditions may be lifted by high court ruling – The Guardian
“Suspected paedophiles, rapists and violent offenders will have their bail conditions dropped as early as this week, unless the police are successful in suspending a high court ruling.”
The Guardian, 2nd July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court to consider suspending bail ruling – BBC News
“The Supreme Court will consider on Monday suspending a judgement that has thrown police bail into chaos.”
BBC News, 1st July, 2001
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Emergency law to overturn court ruling on police bail – The Guardian
“Emergency legislation is to be introduced to overturn a court ruling that has severely restricted police powers to detain suspects for questioning and plunged police bail laws into chaos.”
The Guardian, 30th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court ruling on bail ‘a disaster’, say police – The Guardian
“The home secretary, Theresa May, is considering whether emergency legislation to stem growing concern among senior police officers over their ability to hold suspects is needed in the wake of a court ruling.”
The Guardian, 29th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
UK ‘must help release detainee’ in Afghanistan, High Court told – BBC News
“Lawyers for a man held in Afghanistan are demanding he is freed under one of the England’s most ancient laws.”
BBC News, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Plans to extend limit of detention without charge criticised – The Guardian
“A former cabinet secretary and a former leader of the Liberal Democrats have criticised government contingency plans to detain terror suspects for up to 28 days without charge as unsatisfactory and unreliable.”
The Guardian, 23rd June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Immigration detainees held for ‘excessively long’ periods – watchdog – The Guardian
“Ministers have been warned by an official immigration watchdog of the ‘excessively long’ periods, including cases of more than three years, that detainees are being held at Europe’s largest removal centre.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Locking autistic man in padded room ruled illegal – The Independent
“The Court of Protection has ruled that an 18-year-old man with autism and severe learning disabilities who was regularly placed in a padded seclusion room more than six times a day was unlawfully deprived of his liberty.”
The Independent, 17th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Thousands of children held in police cells overnight – The Guardian
“Thousands of children under 16 are being held overnight in police cells every year, figures reveal.”
The Guardian, 13th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hillingdon Council held autistic man Steven Neary unlawfully – BBC News
“A west London council acted unlawfully by refusing to allow a 21-year-old autistic man to be placed in the care of his father, the High Court ruled.”
BBC News, 9th June 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Why are some mentally ill patients treated like criminals? – The Guardian
“When Linda Morgan’s son Joe Paraskeva was sectioned, he tried to escape from hospital and was given a prison sentence that could see him spend the rest of his life behind bars. His mother has launched a campaign, Justice for Joe, to highlight his case.”
The Guardian, 1st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Austrian count who complained over prison underpants wins damages, says lawyer – Daily Telegraph
“An Austrian count who complained about his prison underpants has been awarded almost £400,000 after he was held in custody for six days, his lawyer said today.”
Daily Telegraph, 27th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
High Court to decide if autistic man was illegally detained – The Independent
“A father has described in court how he felt ‘powerless’ when a local authority prevented the return home of his autistic son for nearly a year during a bitter care dispute with a local council.”
The Independent, 28th May 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (Kambadzi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [On appeal from Regina (SK (Zimbabwe)) v Secretary of State for the Home Department] – WLR Daily
“In addition to complying with the statutory requirements for detaining a foreign national who was awaiting deportation from the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State was also required to comply with the published Home Office policy relating to the detention of such persons. A failure to conduct regular reviews as required by the published policy rendered the continued detention of a foreign national unlawful so as entitle him to damages for false imprisonment.”
WLR Daily, 25th May 2011
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
Home Office falsely imprisoned sex offender – The Guardian
“The Home Office falsely imprisoned a convicted sex offender in immigration detention for two years because of a failure to carry out regular reviews, a court has ruled.”
The Guardian, 25th May 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Extending terrorists’ detention to 28 days will have to be done without knowing details – Daily Telegraph
“Parliament will be forced to vote on extending the pre-charge detention of terrorism suspects to 28 days without knowing the details of the cases involved, the Home Secretary has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th May 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Extra terror detention move backed – The Independent
“The need for powers to hold terror suspects for more than 14 days in the future cannot be ruled out, the country’s top prosecutor said today.”
The Independent, 26th April 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
