‘Section 40 of FOIA is where the Freedom of Information Act (mantra: disclose, please) intersects with the Data Protection Act 1998 (mantra: be careful how you process/disclose, please).’
Panopticon, 15th January 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
‘This is a housing case, but the procedural issue in this decision is only tangentially related to that. Nonetheless, it is a matter worth noting.’
NearlyLegal, 10th January 2015
Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk
‘The sister of a partially sighted man who killed himself after his benefits were cut is calling on the UK government to publish details of its review into his case, one of 60 internal investigations of suicides linked to benefit changes it has carried out since 2012.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
The Senior Court Cost Office has handed down a decision in the above case offering additional guidance as to when and what costs of attending an inquest can be recovered in subsequent civil proceedings.
Zenith PI Blog, 17th December 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
‘IPSA will name MPs who face investigation into their expenses, but they will be able to have the hearings in private.’
Daily Telegraph, 15th December 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The Department for Work and Pensions has been urged by mental health and disability charities to publish its secret investigations into suicides that may have some link to benefit changes, following revelations that it has carried out internal reviews into 60 such cases.’
The Guardian, 14th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The justice secretary wants to restrict access to judicial reviews, but judging the lawfulness of executive action should not be a matter for the executive.’
The Guardian, 10th December 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The standard form of disclosure ordered at a case management hearing normally required a personal signature by the party making the disclosure. It would be inappropriate for an appellate court to interfere with the case management decision of a first instance judge unless it were outside the generous ambit within which reasonable decision-makers might disagree.’
WLR Daily, 26th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
The Judiciary, the Executive and Parliament: Relationships and the Rule of Law (PDF)
Speech by Lord Chief Justice
Institute for Government, 1st December 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
Regina (Joicey) v Northumberland County Council [2014] EWHC 3657 (Admin); [2014] WLR (D) 506
‘As in failure to take account of relevant material consideration cases, so also in a case involving a breach of statutory duty to disclose information, relief would be granted unless the decision-maker could demonstrate that the decision in question would inevitably have been the same had the decision-maker acted as he was required to do.’
WLR Daily, 7th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
‘The Supreme Court is to consider the consequences of failing to comply with an unless order for a second time, it has emerged.’
Litigation Futures, 28th November 2014
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘The government’s most senior legal adviser acted unlawfully when he overrode a court and blocked the publication of secret letters written by Prince Charles, the supreme court has been told.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The High Court has ruled that although information obtained unlawfully by the police is admissible in regulatory proceedings (even if not in criminal proceedings), it “carries little weight” in the assessment of competing interests required by Article 8(2).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd November 2014
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The Supreme Court is set to consider whether letters from Prince Charles to the government should be made public.’
BBC News, 24th November 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Operation Kalmia 2 was an investigation to determine whether any offences had been committed in connection with Staffordshire Police’s handling of disclosure of unused material in a prosecution (relating to the death of Kevin Nunes), which resulted in the convictions for murder in the subsequent criminal proceedings being quashed by the Court of Appeal. Following an investigation led by Chief Constable of Derbyshire Mick Creedon and managed by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) was asked to consider allegations in relation to two matters relating to the handling of the murder trial.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th November 2014
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Plevin v Paragon Personal Finance Ltd and another [2014] UKSC 61; [2014] WLR (D) 487
‘An agreement for payment protection insurance was unfair within the meaning of section 140A of the Consumer Credit Act 1974, as inserted, when the debtor had not been told, before concluding the agreement, that over 70% of the one-off £5,780 premium would be used to pay commission to various parties.’
WLR Daily, 12th November 2014
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
Plevin (Respondent) v Paragon Personal Finance Limited (Appellant) [2014] UKSC 61 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 12th November 2014
‘Richard Harrison argues that the present structure of case and costs management is misconceived.’
New Law Journal, 12th November 2014
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘In Cutler v Barnet LBC (QBD 21/10/14) Supperstone J held that a judge had erred in not considering a defendant’s oral application for relief from sanction. The court had a discretion to consider such an application even where a formal application under Part 23 had NOT been made.’
Zenith PI Blog, 10th November 2014
Source: www.zenithpi.wordpress.com
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