“The Justice and Security Act was given parliamentary approval on 25 April this year. One of the main justifications for expanding so-called secret courts was to prevent intelligence provided by US sources being exposed in British courts.”
The Guardian, 14th June 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Clive Anderson and guests explore the extent to which the law protects our right to privacy in the face of increasing use of covert surveillance by MI5, police, local authorities and other public bodies and commercial organisations.
Clive’s guests, all with wide knowledge of the world of spying and surveillance, warn that the threat to our privacy comes not just from Big Brother, but also from Little Brother and Big Brother PLC. And they argue that the law controlling surveillance is largely inadequate and widely misinterpreted.”
BBC Unreliable Evidence, 12th June 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“There is a ‘real risk’ that terrorists could avoid prosecution if proposed internet monitoring powers are abandoned, the country’s top prosecutor has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th June 2013
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Abdulrahim v Council of the European Union and another (Case C-239/12P); [2013] WLR (D) 208
“Despite the removal of his name from a ‘terrorist watch list’, established by Council Regulation (EC) No 881/2002 imposing restrictive measures directed against certain persons and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, the Al-Qaida network and the Taliban, to which his name had been added by Council Regulation (EC) 1330/2008, the applicant retained an interest in having the courts of the European Union recognise that he should never have been included on the list since the removal of his name did not dispose of his constitutional claims.”
WLR Daily, 28th May 2013
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Five leading internet companies have warned the Government about the ‘potentially seriously harmful consequences’ of creating new laws allowing police and public authorities to monitor electronic communications.”
OUT-LAW.com, 31st May 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Communications Data Bill, shelved amid political heavy weather, is back on the agenda in the wake of last week’s Woolwich murder. Today for example, Conservative MP and former policing minister Nick Herbert wrote an article in The Times in support of the Bill and responding to those who have called it a ‘snooper’s charter’.”
Panopticon, 29th May 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“Theresa May, the home secretary, has proposed a raft of measures to combat the radicalisation of Muslims, including new controls on the internet and the banning of groups preaching hate.”
The Guardian, 26th May 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Hearing in danger of collapse after British Government’s accused of evidence cover-up.”
The Independent, 17th May 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The last British resident being held in Guantánamo Bay may never be allowed to return to his family in London because of an alleged ‘secret deal’ between US authorities, Saudi Arabia and the British security services.”
The Guardian, 20th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“New powers will give the European Union’s criminal intelligence agency Europol
access to all information held by the police, including evidence files on
children, victims, witnesses and other people never even suspected of a crime.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th April 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, made the following statement in open court this afternoon:
‘Yesterday morning, having heard full argument on the issue the previous day, we decided, for reasons to be given later – and, it should be added, by a majority of six to three – that we had power to consider the closed judgment of Mr Justice Mitting (‘the closed judgment’) in this case. This would involve part of this hearing being conducted in private without Bank Mellat or its representatives being present. We also indicated that, on the basis of the arguments we had so far heard, we were not persuaded that it was necessary to take such a course.'”
Supreme Court, 21st March 2013
Source: www.supremecourt.gov.uk
“Extraordinary developments in the Supreme Court today as the court, for the first time in its history, conducted a secret hearing during which one of the parties, an Iranian Bank, was not allowed to take part. Full background to the case, Bank Mellat (Appellant) v HM Treasury (Respondent) is here.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st March 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The highest court in the land controversially sat in secret for the first time in its history today but insisted it had reached the decision with ‘great reluctance’.”
The Independent, 21st March 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“MPs will vote on Monday on the final form of the government’s justice and security bill, which radically expands the use of so-called secret courts.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“An alliance of more than 100 human rights groups, legal experts and free press campaigners has called on MPs to vote against government plans for ‘secret courts’ – branding them “a charter for cover-ups” that will seriously undermine the principles of British justice.”
The Guardian, 3rd March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The former head of the judiciary, Lord Woolf, has thrown his support behind plans to allow more civil courts to examine secret intelligence in private.”
BBC News, 4th March 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A Libyan politician who is suing the former foreign secretary Jack Straw and the British government for damages after being kidnapped and taken to one of Gaddafi’s jails has offered to settle the case for just £3, providing he also receives an unreserved apology.”
The Guardian, 4th March 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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