Category: disclosure

Azelle Rodney Inquiry lawyers can see surveillance film footage – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted October 17th, 2012 in disclosure, evidence, homicide, inquiries, news, police, public interest, public interest immunity, video recordings by tracey

“R (on the application of the Metropolitan Police Service) v the Chairman of the Inquiry into the Death of Azelle Rodney and Interested Parties [2012] EWHA 2783 (Admin).

The public inquiry into the death of Azelle Rodney, which commenced in 2010, was still under way when it was interrupted by the present dispute. It concerned the issue whether police surveillance footage taken from the air, showing Azelle Rodney’s movements in the two hours before his death, should be disclosed to the legal team representing his mother at the Inquiry.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 16th October 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

US ‘influenced British government’s decision to introduce secret courts’ – The Guardian

Posted October 17th, 2012 in bills, closed material, disclosure, intelligence services, news, terrorism, torture by tracey

“The US government and its intelligence agencies were influential in the UK government decision to introduce a highly controversial new generation of secret courts, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has told MPs and peers.”

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The Guardian, 16th October 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Attorney General vetoes release of Prince of Wales correspondence – Attorney General’s Office

Posted October 16th, 2012 in attorney general, disclosure, documents, freedom of information, royal family, speeches, veto by tracey

“The Attorney General today issued a certificate under the Freedom of Information Act, both as it applies for the purposes of the Act and as it applies to the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, vetoing the disclosure of correspondence between HRH the Prince of Wales and ministers in seven government departments.”

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Attorney General’s Office, 16th October 2012

Source: www.attorneygeneral.gov.uk

New report heavily critical of secret justice plans ahead of controversial Bill – Amnesty International

Posted October 15th, 2012 in bills, closed material, disclosure, human rights, public interest, reports, trials by tracey

“The government’s plans for a substantial extension of the use of secret evidence in the justice system have been heavily criticised in a new Amnesty International report published today”

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Amnesty International, 15th October 2012

Source: www.amnesty.org.uk

 

 

News International wins court ruling on searches related to phone hacking – The Guardian

Posted October 5th, 2012 in disclosure, electronic mail, interception, media, news by tracey

“Lawyers acting for more than 170 phone-hacking victims, including Cherie Blair and Hugh Grant, were dealt a blow on Friday after losing a high court application to force News International to do a general search of its databases for potential evidence of illegal voicemail interception.”

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The Guardian, 5th October 2012

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Whistleblowing – Employment Law Blog

Posted October 4th, 2012 in disclosure, employment, legislation, news, whistleblowers by sally

“Simon Devonshire QC delivered this paper on Whistleblowing at the LexisNexis Conference.”

Whistleblowing (PDF)

Employment Law Blog, 4th October 2012

Source: www.11kbw.com

Sex abuse allegations against parent should be disclosed in contact proceedings – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted October 1st, 2012 in anonymity, child abuse, disclosure, evidence, human rights, local government, news, parental rights, sexual offences by sally

“The Court of Appeal has ordered the the disclosure of serious allegations made against a parent by an anonymous third party in contact proceedings. In doing so, it has demonstrated the correct approach to balancing the many different human rights considerations involved.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 28th September 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Foreign Office fights move to publish secret immigration blacklist – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 27th, 2012 in appeals, disclosure, human rights, immigration, international relations, news, public interest, race discrimination by sally

“The government has launched an appeal against a ruling that it must publish a secret blacklist of 44 countries whose nationals face tougher immigration measures when applying to come to Britain.”

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Daily Telegraph, 27th September 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Chagos Refugees Group in the First-Tier Tribunal: some key points – Panopticon

Posted September 25th, 2012 in Chagos Islands, disclosure, human rights, news, refugees, tribunals by sally

“The Chagos Archipelago forms part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (‘BIOT’). In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were required to leave those islands. At or around that time, a US military base was established on Diego Garcia, the largest of the Chagos Islands. The removal of the ‘Chagossians’ has been a matter of considerable political and media debate, as well as complex legal proceedings. Two legal challenges are ongoing: Chagos Islanders v UK before the European Court of Human Rights, and Bancoult (No 3) before the domestic courts.”

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Panopticon, 24th September 2012

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Court of Appeal orders disclosure of secret accuser’s identity in contact proceedings – Family Law Week

Posted September 24th, 2012 in anonymity, appeals, child abuse, disclosure, human rights, news, sexual offences by sally

“The Court of Appeal has ordered that a young person who made sexual abuse allegations against a father of an 8 year old girl, which were considered in contact proceedings concerning her, must be identified.”

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Family Law Week, 24th September 2012

Source: www.familylawweek.com

A Chagossian double bill: an environmental information contest, and a touch of Wikileaks – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted September 21st, 2012 in Diego Garcia, disclosure, government departments, judicial review, news, public interest by tracey

“The manoevres by which the Chagossians were evicted from their islands in the Indian Ocean, the late 1960s and early 1970s, so to enable the US to operate an air base on Diego Garcia, do not show the UK Foreign Office in its best light. Indeed, after a severe rebuke from the courts in 2000, the FCO accepted that the original law underlying their departure was unlawful, and agreed to investigate their possible resettlement on some of their islands. The first of these new cases is an environmental information appeal concerning the next phase of the story – how the FCO decided that it was not feasible to resettle the islanders in 2002-2004.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 20th September 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Tony Blair’s ‘disastrous’ wars to blame for secret courts, says Ken Clarke – The Guardian

Posted September 20th, 2012 in Afghanistan, bills, closed material, compensation, courts, detention, disclosure, human rights, intelligence services, Iraq, news, war by sally

“Ken Clarke has blamed Tony Blair’s ‘disastrous war on terror’ for the need to introduce secret courts to protect sensitive intelligence material.”

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The Guardian, 19th September 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Related link: The justice and security bill is on the right track

HRH the Prince of Wales: advocacy of an ordinary man – Panopticon

Posted September 19th, 2012 in disclosure, freedom of information, government departments, news, public interest, royal family, tribunals by sally

“The Upper Tribunal’s judgment in Evans v IC and Others (Seven Government Departments) [2012] UKUT 313 (AAC) (Mr Justice Walker, Professor John Angel and Suzanne Cosgrave), handed down yesterday, has received extensive media coverage – unsurprisingly so, given the subject matter (Prince Charles’ correspondence with government departments) and the requester (Rob Evans of the Guardian). The judgment is stupendously long (65 pages, plus 3 open annexes). Here are the salient points.”

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Panopticon, 19th September 2012

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Prince Charles’s letters to ministers should be disclosed, judges rule – The Guardian

Posted September 18th, 2012 in disclosure, freedom of information, news, royal family, tribunals by sally

“The government has for the first time been ordered to disclose copies of confidential letters that Prince Charles wrote to ministers.”

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The Guardian, 18th September 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hillsborough report: Prime Minister David Cameron’s statement in full – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 12th, 2012 in disclosure, families, inquests, news, police, reports, speeches, sport by tracey

“David Cameron today told the Commons that police orchestrated a cover-up over their role in the Hillsborough football stadium disaster, in which 96 people died, and there was a campaign to smear the dead. This is his statement in full.”

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Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

New rules to end secrecy over safety of medical implants – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 10th, 2012 in cosmetic surgery, disclosure, EC law, news by tracey

“New rules to end the secrecy over the safety of devices such as hip replacements and breast implants are being drawn up after a series of scandals.”

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Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Royal powers of veto over laws to be made public – The Independent

Posted September 3rd, 2012 in disclosure, freedom of information, news, parliament, royal family, veto by tracey

“Details of secret powers held by senior members of the Royal Family granting veto over Government legislation could me made public after a decision by the Information Commissioner.”

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The Independent, 1st September 2012

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Section 7(9) DPA is about privacy, not employment disputes – Panopticon

Posted August 22nd, 2012 in data protection, disclosure, electronic mail, employment, news, privacy by sally

“Disputes about subject access requests under section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 only rarely make their way to the Higher Courts. The leading – and often bedevilling – case of Durant is, for example, now 9 years old. Given this scarcity of precedent from the High Court and Court of Appeal, up-to-date illustrations of the judiciary’s approach to the DPA are most usefully sought in County Court judgments – see for example Panopticon’s post on the case of Elliot v Lloyds TSB Bank from earlier this year.”

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Panopticon, 22nd August 2012

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

The BBC in the Tribunal: not a public authority under the EIR; strong arguments for disclosure of licence fee legal advice – Panopticon

Posted August 20th, 2012 in BBC, disclosure, freedom of information, media, news, public interest by sally

“In Montford v IC and BBC (EA/2009/0114), the appellant had asked the BBC various questions about its expenditure in relation to Cambridge Media and Environment Program, which researched and planned a programme of seminars that had been running since 2005 at which BBC editorial staff discussed issues such as environmental change and world development, with the objective of improving BBC journalism in those areas.”

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Panopticon, 17th August 2012

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

BBC does not have to hand over Mark Duggan footage, judge rules – The Guardian

Posted August 9th, 2012 in BBC, disclosure, media, news by sally

“A judge has said the BBC does not have to disclose unbroadcast footage of the aftermath of the shooting of Mark Duggan to the Metropolitan police.”

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The Guardian, 9th August 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk