“A high court judge has banned protests by groups such as the English Defence League being held within 500 metres of the home of the radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada.”
The Guardian, 25th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Whistleblowers are to be protected from harassment and bullying from co-workers after criticism that current legislation fails to protect those who speak out.”
The Guardian, 21st February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has found that the use of bad language was evidently merely an expression of bad temper and not intended to express hostility to the Pope or Catholicism and that it did not constitute harassment within the meaning of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 20th February 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Carina Trimingham, the partner of the former energy secretary Chris Huhne, has withdrawn her appeal against a high court ruling rejecting her privacy claim against the Daily Mail.”
The Guardian, 19th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An office worker who left a severed pig’s head outside a Muslim place of worship on Boxing Day has been spared jail.”
The Guardian, 18th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An employment tribunal hearing the first claim for unfair dismissal on the grounds of caste discrimination has collapsed after information handed to the judge by police led the judge to recuse herself from the case.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“For months, the Leveson Inquiry dominated the news, as a succession of high-profile witnesses gave evidence – actors Hugh Grant and Sienna Miller, singer Charlotte Church; the parents of Milly Dowler and Madeleine McCann; editors, proprietors, police chiefs, politicians.”
BBC News, 27th January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A man has been jailed for three months for dumping a pig’s head outside a mosque in Berkshire.”
BBC News, 23rd January 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has published interim guidance on when to prosecute people for grossly offensive and obscene messages they send on social media. The guidelines are now subject to a full public consultation. Earlier this year, I took part in a series of round table discussions with the DPP over how the guidelines would look.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th December 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC, has today published interim guidelines setting out the approach prosecutors should take in cases involving communications sent via social media.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th December 2012
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
“The High Court has granted a medical testing laboratory a final injunction against anti-vivisectioners protesting outside their premises.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th December 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The Government has introduced two new criminal offences aimed at stalking. Section 111 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 came into force on 25 November 2012.”
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 6th December 2012
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Regina v Smith (Mark) [2012] EWCA Crim 2566; [2012] WLR (D) 362
“The court had to identify the potential victim in a restraining order under section 5A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 to reflect the underlying purpose of the provision to protect that person or class of persons from an acquitted defendant and could only impose an order if satisfied that the defendant was likely to pursue a course of conduct which amounted to harassment within the meaning of section 1 of the Act.”
WLR Daily, 29th November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Lord Justice Leveson’s report is expected to cover much ground, and to set the stage for the next debate: what about the internet?”
The Guardian, 28th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“All too often victims of stalking are not believed or their fears are brushed off – which in turn makes them less likely to come forward.”
The Guardian, 26th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Victims will have extra protection as stalking becomes a specific criminal offence for the first time.”
Home Office, 26th November 2012
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“Two specific criminal offences of stalking have come into force in England and Wales for the first time.”
The Independent, 26th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Actor David Walliams and his model wife Lara Stone have failed to bring a harassment claim against a freelance photographer.”
The Independent, 12th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A jury has failed to reach a verdict in the trial of a policeman accused of racially abusing a suspect days after the riots in London last year.”
BBC News, 18th October 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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