MPs’ expenses receipts to stay secret, IPSA rules – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 26th, 2012 in disclosure, expenses, freedom of information, news, parliament by sally

“MPs’ expenses receipts should not be shown to the public, Westminster’s new standards watchdog has ruled.”

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Daily Telegraph, 24th March 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Kennedy v Charity Commission (Information Commissioner and another intervening) – WLR Daily

Kennedy v Charity Commission (Information Commissioner and another intervening) [2012] EWCA Civ 317; [2012] WLR (D) 91

“The right to freedom of expression under article 10 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms was not engaged in a case in which the Charity Commission had refused to comply with a journalist’s request that he be supplied with certain information, by applying an absolute exemption which was said to derive from section 32(2) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.”

WLR Daily, 20th March 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Leveson: Times failed to tell judge about NightJack hacking – Daily Telegraph

Posted March 16th, 2012 in disclosure, electronic mail, inquiries, media, news, privacy by tracey

“The Times newspaper failed to tell a High Court judge that one of its journalists had obtained information illegally because of fears that he would be prosecuted if he told the truth, the Leveson Inquiry heard yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 16th March 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

W (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted March 12th, 2012 in appeals, confidentiality, disclosure, immigration, law reports, news, witnesses by sally

W (Algeria) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 8; [2012] WLR (D) 69

“The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (‘SIAC’) could make an irrevocable non-disclosure order, without notice to the Secretary of State, where a witness, fearing reprisals, required an absolute and irreversible guarantee of confidentiality as a precondition to giving evidence relating to an appellant’s safety on return.”

WLR Daily, 7th March 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 – legislation.gov.uk

Posted March 9th, 2012 in consumer protection, disclosure, insurance, legislation by tracey

Consumer Insurance (Disclosure and Representations) Act 2012 published

Full text of Act

Source: www.legislation.gov.uk

Government department must disclose data from private email correspondence, ICO rules – OUT-LAW.com

“The Department for Education (DfE) must disclose information sent from a private email address belonging to the Education Secretary unless there is a legitimate reason to refuse doing so, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 6th March 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

Police given new guidance to disclose a history of violence – Home Office

Posted March 5th, 2012 in criminal records, disclosure, domestic violence, police, press releases by tracey

“Four police forces will pilot a new domestic violence disclosure scheme, the home secretary announced today. Police in Greater Manchester, Gwent, Nottinghamshire and Wiltshire will run a 12 month trial of the domestic violence disclosure scheme (DVDS) from the summer of 2012. The pilot scheme will test the methods used by police to help victims or potential victims of domestic violence by disclosing information about previous violent offending by their partner.”

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Home Office, 5th March 2012

Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Independent Trustee Services Ltd v Morris – WLR Daily

Independent Trustee Services Ltd v Morris: [2012] EWCA Civ 195;  [2012] WLR (D)  55

“The defence of bona fide purchaser for value without notice, at the time of receipt of moneys, to a tracing claim by a trustee for the recovery of misappropriated trust moneys was not available to the recipient thereof where a consent order made in ancillary relief proceedings pursuant to which the moneys had been paid had been rescinded, on the recipient’s application to renew the ancillary relief application because of non-disclosure of assets, by the time the defence was raised.”

WLR Daily, 28th February 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Kazakh billionaire Ablyazov in contempt, High Court rules – The Lawyer

Posted February 16th, 2012 in banking, contempt of court, disclosure, news, sentencing by sally

“The High Court today ruled that Kazakh billionaire Mukhtar Ablyazov has been in contempt of court orders because he failed to disclose the full extent of his assets.”

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The Lawyer, 16th February 2012

Source: www.thelawyer.com

Guardian journalist wins right to ‘sensitive’ court papers related to Griffin conviction – OUT-LAW.com

“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) must disclose some papers it holds relating to the successful conviction of controversial right-wing politician Nick Griffin for a racial hate crime in the 1990s, an Information Rights Tribunal has ruled.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 13th February 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

Intelligence chiefs to give evidence in public for first time – Daily Telegraph

Posted February 13th, 2012 in disclosure, intelligence services, news, parliament by sally

“Intelligence chiefs will be questioned in public for the first time to ensure that the secret services cannot escape the scrutiny of ‘open democracy’, a leading MP said yesterday.”

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Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Coogan v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another; Phillips v Same – WLR Daily

Coogan v News Group Newspapers Ltd and another; Phillips v Same [2011] EWCA Civ 48; [2012] WLR (D) 18

“The phrase ‘technical or commercial information or other intellectual property’ within the definition of ‘intellectual property’ in section 72 of the Senior Courts Act 1981 was apt to embrace telephone voice messages said to have been intercepted by a private investigator on the telephones of individuals; and the effect of that finding was that the privilege against self-incrimination on which the interceptor might otherwise have relied was removed.”

WLR Daily, 1st February 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Government should stop state secrets being aired in court, says spy watchdog – The Guardian

Posted January 6th, 2012 in disclosure, intelligence services, news, torture by tracey

“The parliamentary watchdog for Britain’s spies is lobbying the government to introduce sweeping curbs that could prevent UK courts from examining intelligence material.
Proposals by the intelligence and security committee (ISC), brought to light by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, go beyond measures proposed by the government, which the ISC says ‘do not go far enough’.”

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The Guardian, 6th January 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Civil servants fear FoI ruling over private emails and text messages – The Guardian

“Ministers, civil servants and government advisers are bracing themselves for an information commission ruling this week declaring that emails sent within government from private accounts are subject to freedom of information legislation and therefore can be disclosed.”

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The Guardian, 13th December 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Undercover policeman’s identity ‘kept secret’ as he prepared to appear in court – The Guardian

Posted December 7th, 2011 in disclosure, evidence, news, police, public order by sally

“Prosecutors and police have been accused of keeping secret the identity of a police spy in a 1996 criminal trial of political campaigners.”

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The Guardian, 7th December 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Leveson order over Guido Fawkes leak raises questions – The Guardian

Posted November 29th, 2011 in disclosure, documents, inquiries, internet, news by sally

“Blogger could have challenged the request to remove a draft of Alastair Campbell’s evidence for the inquiry from his website.”

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The Guardian, 29th November 2011

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

‘Few’ solicitors understand e-disclosure, says Jackson – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted November 29th, 2011 in costs, disclosure, electronic filing, news, practice directions, speeches by sally

“Lord Justice Jackson has warned that ‘huge’ sums of money will be wasted if the legal profession gets electronic disclosure wrong. Delivering the seventh lecture on implementing his civil litigation reforms, the judge said effective training is ‘essential’ for solicitors, judges and counsel if the practice direction issued a year ago on electronic disclosure is to be operated effectively.”

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Law Society’s Gazette, 28th November 2011

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

Controlling The Costs of Disclosure – Seventh Lecture in the implementation programme – Speech by Lord Justice Jackson

Controlling The Costs of Disclosure – Seventh Lecture in the implementation programme (PDF)

Speech by Lord Justice Jackson

The LexisNexis Conference on Avoiding and Resolving Construction Disputes, 24th November 2011

Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk

In re an application by the General Dental Council (Savery and others, interested parties) – WLR Daily

Posted November 18th, 2011 in dentists, disclosure, law reports, medical records, professional conduct by tracey

In re an application by the General Dental Council (Savery and others, interested parties):[2011] EWHC 3011 (Admin);  [2011] WLR (D)  332

“The General Dental Council was under no obligation to obtain an order of the court for permission to use and disclose dental records of patients for the purposes of investigating allegations of professional misconduct against a registered dentist even where the patients in question objected to the disclosure or did not consent to it.”

WLR Daily, 16th November 2011

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Work of British spies must be protected from courts, warns William Hague – Daily Telegraph

Posted November 16th, 2011 in courts, disclosure, evidence, intelligence services, news, terrorism by tracey

“Legal changes to allow the work of Britain’s intelligence agencies are needed to stop Britain’s enemies gaining information they can use against us, William Hague will say today.”

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Daily Telegraph, 16th November 2011

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk