Children: Public Law Update (December 2018) – Family Law Week
‘John Tughan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews recent, important Children Public Law cases.’
Family Law Week, 13th December 2018
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
Category: identification
Wetherspoons wins court battle to reveal person behind ‘abusive’ parody account on Twitter – Daily Telegraph
‘The identity of a mystery tweeter responsible for fake Wetherspoon Twitter accounts will be revealed to the pub chain following a judge’s ruling.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th December 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Resident crowd funds legal challenge to voter identification pilots – Local Government Lawyer
‘An Essex resident has set up a crowdfunding page to raise money for a legal challenge to the next round of voter identification pilots.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th December 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
Online gambling firms fined in crackdown – BBC News
‘Three online casino companies have been fined and one has been prevented from operating in the UK following a crackdown by the industry regulator. The Gambling Commission has fined three firms almost £14m for not having “effective safeguards” to prevent money laundering and harm to customers from gambling.’
BBC News, 29th November 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rogue bailiffs face crackdown as MP urges government to act – The Guardian
‘The government has pledged to crack down on rogue bailiffs after an MP raised the case of a disabled constituent who thought she was being burgled when debt collectors burst into her home without showing ID and took cash from her purse.’
The Guardian, 13th November 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
New pilot scheme announced for easier court entrance for legal professionals – Family Law
‘The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced a new pilot scheme for practising legal professionals which will allow for them to get direct entrance to courts without the need to be searched. The scheme aims to reduce queues and grant legal professionals easier court access. In preparation of the schemes launch the MoJ is encouraging legal professionals to register with their local courts prior to the start of the pilot.’
Family Law, 10th August 2018
Source: www.familylaw.co.uk
Identifiability and the Unmotivated Intruder – Panopticon
‘It is not uncommon for public authorities who hold statistical data to decline to disclose specific figures in categories for which the number is fewer than five, on the basis of a fear that the number of affected people is sufficiently small that they are reasonably identifiable. In other words, they rely on section 40(2) FOIA to withhold the number.That approach has now been considered by the Upper Tribunal in Information Commissioner v Miller [2018] UKUT 229 (AAC). That case concerned a request to (what is now) MHCLG for their information supplied by local authorities on a range of homelessness statistics. In relation to parts of the dataset which related to five or fewer individuals, section 40(2) was relied on. The FTT disagreed in a decision on the papers and the ICO appealed.’
Panopticon, 3rd August 2018
Source: panopticonblog.com
Facebook ordered to explain deleted profile – BBC News
‘Facebook has been ordered by a UK high court judge to reveal who told it to delete the profile of a jazz musician and his band, six months after he died.’
BBC News, 19th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
FCA v Grout [2018] EWCA Civ 71: Anonymous or Synonymous? – 4 New Square
‘The Court of Appeal confirms the restrictive approach to third party rights under FCA Notices adopted by the Supreme Court in Macris v FCA [2017] UKSC 19.’
4 New Square, 6th February 2018
Source: www.4newsquare.com
Voter ID trials ‘risk disenfranchising vulnerable people’ – The Guardian
‘A group of more than 40 charities, campaign groups and academics have written to the government to warn that plans to trial compulsory voter ID at the local elections in May risk disenfranchising large numbers of vulnerable people.’
The Guardian, 6th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Attorney general’s office investigates social media posts which may identify Jon Venables – Daily Telegraph
‘The attorney general’s office has announced an inquiry into social media messages which may identify Jon Venables.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th December 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Age Assessment: Dental Assessments, Appearance and the Benefit of the Doubt – Garden Court Chambers
‘AS was born in Afghanistan. His father, who had worked as a commander in the police, was kidnapped by the Taliban. The family were later informed that he had been killed. The Taliban came looking for AS and it was decided that he should leave the country. He arrived in the UK on 7th September 2015 and claimed asylum. He was taken into the care of Kent County Council. His stated age of 15 was not accepted and an age assessment was undertaken, as a result of which he was found to be 17 with a date of birth of 7th September 1998. Judicial review proceedings were issued challenging this decision. During the course of proceedings, Kent changed its position and argued that he was most likely to be aged 24.’
Garden Court Chambers, 10th November 2017
Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk
Ex-NHS chief backs doctors’ warning over ID checks on patients – The Guardian
‘A former chief executive of the NHS is among 1,000 signatories to a letter to the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, warning of the risks posed by imposing identification checks and upfront charges for NHS care. School nurses, abortion services, community-based midwifery and mental health services, as well as specialist services for homeless people and asylum seekers, will be included in the new regime. Doctors say the rules will deter sick people from seeking life-saving treatment, and patients with infectious diseases could pass undetected.’
The Guardian, 11th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Flasher conviction quashed because Facebook village gossip undermined fair trial – Daily Telegraph
‘A loner accused of chasing two women through a village while exposing himself has had his conviction quashed because residents had shared his image and gossiped about him on Facebook.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
New law could criminalise uncovering personal data abuses, advocate warns – The Guardian
‘A new law proposed to protect the privacy of British internet users could end up criminalising the only people working to uncover abuses of personal data, a leading privacy researcher has warned.’
The Guardian, 14th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Birmingham pub bombing families appeal for legal funding to name IRA suspects – Daily Telegraph
‘Families of those killed in the IRA’s Birmingham pub bombings are crowdfunding a High Court challenge to try to overturn a coroner’s ban on naming the suspect bombers.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Is an RTA Insurer Liable for an Unidentified Defendant? – Park Square Barristers
‘The Court of Appeal has held in Cameron v Hussain and Liverpool Victoria [2017] EWCA Civ 366 that a Claimant can obtain a judgment against a Defendant identified only by description of him as the driver of a vehicle on a particular date. Whilst in almost every other area of law such judgment would be worthless as unenforceable, the Road Traffic Act 1988 provisions impose a contingent liability against the insurer of the vehicle to satisfy such a judgment. At first blush this seems to dismantle the careful limitations placed on the European Communities (Rights Against Insurers) Regulations 2002 to effectively enable a Claimant to pursue the insurer of a vehicle despite the fact that the driver of the same is unknown. This article, drafted by Park Square Barristers’ insurance indemnity specialists, Richard Paige and Judy Dawson, looks at the Court of Appeal judgment and the implications for the insurance industry.’
Park Square Barristers, 19th June 2017
Source: www.parksquarebarristers.co.uk
Clearer rules needed in the UK to support customer authentication by video, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
‘New rules are needed in the UK to make it clearer that it is acceptable for banks to verify the identity of new customers using video technology.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
EU citizens living in the UK could face legal limbo after Brexit – The Guardian
‘The EU fears millions of its nationals living in the UK will be left stranded in a legal no man’s land after the country leaves the EU because of the weaknesses of the British immigration system, a document obtained by the Observer reveals.’
The Guardian, 18th February 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Hospitals may require patients to show passports for NHS treatment – The Guardian
‘Patients could be told to bring two forms of identification including a passport to hospital to prove they are eligible for free treatment under new rules to stop so-called health tourism.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
