Category: documents

Dawson-Damer and others v Taylor Wessing LLP and others – WLR Daily

Posted August 12th, 2015 in confidentiality, data protection, disclosure, documents, interpretation, law reports, legal profession, privacy, privilege by sally

Dawson-Damer and others v Taylor Wessing LLP and others [2015] EWHC 2366 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 361

‘The purpose of section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 entitling an individual to have access to information in the form of his “personal data” was to enable him to check whether the data controller’s processing of it unlawfully infringed his privacy and, if so, to take such steps as the Act provided, to protect it. It was no part of its purpose to enable the individual to obtain discovery of documents that might assist him in litigation or complaints against third parties.’

WLR Daily, 6th August 2015

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Successful judicial review of social services age assessment – Free Movement

Posted August 11th, 2015 in children, documents, evidence, judicial review, local government, news, social services, tribunals by sally

‘R (on the application of GB by litigation friend, Francesco Jeff) v Oxfordshire County Council (age dispute- relevance of documents) IJR [2015] UKUT 429 (IAC) is an interesting and successful judicial review challenge to an age assessment. My colleague Shu Shin Luh was Counsel, instructed by Scott-Moncrieff & Associates.

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Free Movement, 10th August 2015

Source: www.freemovement.org.uk

High Court rejects attempt to unseat Nadine Dorries after legal documents sent to wrong address – The Independent

Posted July 31st, 2015 in documents, elections, harassment, news by sally

‘An attempt to unseat the Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has been thrown out by the High Court after two judges ruled that legal documents informing her of the action were sent to the wrong address.’

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The Independent, 30th July 2015

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Review of possible miscarriages of justice – Attorney General’s Office

Posted July 16th, 2015 in documents, investigatory powers, miscarriage of justice, news, police, reports, trials by sally

‘Mark Ellison QC and Alison Morgan’s review on the impact of undisclosed undercover police activity on the safety of convictions.’

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Attorney General’s Office, 16th July 2015

Source: www.gov.uk/ago

Don’t shred evidence, judge warns ahead of child sex abuse inquiry – The Guardian

Posted July 9th, 2015 in documents, evidence, inquiries, news, sexual offences by sally

‘The long-awaited independent inquiry into child sexual abuse opens on Thursday in London amid renewed warnings to the cabinet secretary, religious leaders and public bodies not to shred documents which might be needed in evidence.’

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The Guardian, 9th July 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Government should address core Libya rendition allegations, judge rules – The Guardian

Posted July 2nd, 2015 in abuse of process, appeals, closed material, control orders, detention, documents, immigration, intelligence services, kidnapping, Libya, news, public interest, rendition, striking out, torture by sally

‘The government should address the core allegations of 12 claimants who say they were kidnapped, tortured, subject to control orders or tricked into travelling to Libya where they were detained or mistreated, a high court judge has said.’

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The Guardian, 1st July 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Tribunal rejects request for correspondence between solicitor and planning officers – Local Government Lawyer

Posted June 30th, 2015 in appeals, confidentiality, disclosure, documents, legal profession, local government, news, planning, precedent, privilege, public interest, solicitors, telecommunications by sally

‘The First-Tier Tribunal has ruled that a district council was entitled to refuse to disclose correspondence passing between one of its solicitors and various members of its planning department.’
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Local Government Lawyer, 30th June 2015

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Judge’s Instagram ruling a ‘practical solution’ to problems of online anonymity, says expert – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 30th, 2015 in anonymity, civil procedure rules, complaints, disclosure, documents, harassment, injunctions, internet, news, sexual offences by sally

‘A judge’s decision to allow a man experiencing alleged harassment over the internet to serve legal claims to the person accused of the activity via Instagram “appears to be a practical solution” to the issue of online anonymity, an expert has said.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 26th June 2015

Source: www.out-law.com

Greville Janner case: Alison Saunders faces calls to publish secret papers – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 30th, 2015 in child abuse, Crown Prosecution Service, disclosure, documents, elderly, inquiries, mental health, news, public interest, sexual offences, victims by sally

‘Alleged child abuse victims and MPs say independent review of bungled case must be made public.’

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Daily Telegraph, 29th June 2015

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Right to rent: all landlords must check immigration status or face £3,000 fine – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 29th, 2015 in appeals, codes of practice, documents, fines, immigration, landlord & tenant, news, race discrimination by sally

‘Landlords in England will be responsible for spotting illegal tenants ‘from September’ after a trial in the West Midlands results in fines.’

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Daily Telegraph, 27th June 2015

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Developer loses Court of Appeal challenge over neighbourhood plan – Local Government Lawyer

Posted June 22nd, 2015 in appeals, documents, environmental protection, local government, news, planning by sally

‘The Court of Appeal has rejected a developer’s challenge over the inclusion of site allocation policies in a neighbourhood development plan. The appellant in Larkfleet Homes Ltd, R (on the application of) v Rutland County Council & Ors [2015] EWCA Civ 597 was a house-building company with a commercial interest in land to the west of Ayston Road in the town of Uppingham in the county of Rutland.’

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Local Government Lawyer, 18th June 2015

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Chagos islanders go to supreme court in battle to be allowed home – The Guardian

Posted June 22nd, 2015 in appeals, armed forces, Chagos Islands, disclosure, documents, news, royal prerogative, Supreme Court by sally

‘Former residents of the Chagos Islands who were forcibly removed from their homeland more than 40 years ago will take their long legal battle to the UK’s highest court on Monday.’

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The Guardian, 22nd June 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Magna Carta: explore the document in full – The Guardian

Posted June 16th, 2015 in constitutional history, documents, magna carta, news by sally

‘Find out for yourself what Magna Carta says by consulting the original document, with English translation, Latin transcription, and expert commentary from the AHRC’s Magna Carta Project.’

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The Guardian, 15th June 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Chilcot report into Iraq war ‘unlikely to be published for another year’ – The Independent

Posted June 15th, 2015 in delay, disclosure, documents, inquiries, Iraq, news by sally

‘The Chilcot report has taken six years and cost £10m but is “unlikely to be published for another year at least”, according to sources close to the inquiry.’

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The Independent, 14th June 2014

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Animal charities in legal victory against family of elderly donor to get £350k house she ‘left to carer nephew’ – Daily Telegraph

Posted June 10th, 2015 in animals, appeals, charities, documents, news, wills by sally

‘Chiltern Dog Rescue and Redwings Horse Sanctuary win appeal against ruling that man who cared for elderly aunt before she died entitled to home.’

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Daily Telegraph, 9th June 2015

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Leon Brittan and Geoffrey Dickens’ notes from 1980s released – BBC News

Posted June 4th, 2015 in child abuse, disclosure, documents, ministers' powers and duties, news, parliament by sally

‘Letters from the 1980s have been released, in which MP Geoffrey Dickens called for then-Home Secretary Leon Brittan to ban a pro-paedophilia group.’

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BBC News, 4th June 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Black Spiders’ case shows need for guidance on FOI veto powers – OUT-LAW.com

Posted June 2nd, 2015 in appeals, documents, freedom of information, ministers' powers and duties, news, royal family, Supreme Court, veto by sally

‘The UK government must give new guidance to public authorities on when government ministers can exercise powers of veto to prevent the disclosure of information under freedom of information (FOI) laws.’
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OUT-LAW.com, 2nd June 2015

Source: www.out-law.com

Publication of the Black Spider Memos: a hollow victory? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange

Posted May 19th, 2015 in attorney general, disclosure, documents, freedom of information, news, royal family, veto by sally

‘On 13th April, the Guardian were finally able to publish the ‘black spider memos,’ private correspondence between Prince Charles and several government departments between September 2004 and March 2005.’

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Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 18th May 2015

Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk

Revised framework document for the National Crime Agency – Home Office

Posted May 8th, 2015 in codes of practice, documents, national crime agency, news by sally

‘This revised framework document replaces the first framework document signed by the Home Secretary and the director general of the National Crime Agency on 15 October 2013.’

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Home Office, 6th May 2015

Source: www.gov.uk/home-office

Judge fires costs warning in face of “documentary carpet bombing” – Litigation Futures

Posted May 7th, 2015 in civil procedure rules, costs, disclosure, documents, news by sally

‘A High Court judge has hit out at the “documentary carpet bombing” he faced in a negligence claim before him and warned litigants of the costs consequences that such behaviour can trigger.’

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Litigation Futures, 7th May 2015

Source: www.litigationfutures.com