“In the final part of our round-up of recent decisions of the First-Tier Tribunal, Panopticon looks at the qualified exemptions, the public interest and a few other loose ends.”
Panopticon, 13th November 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“I posted a few days ago about some recent decisions of the First-Tier Tribunal on requests under FOIA and the EIR for personal data. There have been a number of decisions on this issue of late. The following are of note, as they illustrate the types of issues very frequently encountered by public authorities. They also illustrate the nuanced and forensic approach taken by some Tribunals. There may not be a presumption in favour of disclosing personal data, but public authorities should beware assuming that Tribunals will be equally cautious about disclosing all types of personal data.”
Panopticon, 13th November 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“A lap dancer who wants to make an unfair dismissal claim is waiting to hear whether she has won a legal fight with a firm that runs ‘gentlemen’s clubs’.”
The Independent, 13th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Today, I talk with Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer and author of the Head of Legal blog about the SIAC Abu Qatada decision and the wider implications for our society if we do not continue to uphold the Rule of Law – no matter how inconvenient it may be for politicians.”
Charon QC, 13th November 2012
Source: www.charonqcuklawtour.com
“If we’re going to review legal aid again, why not widen access to justice for the public, rather than restrict it.”
The Guardian, 14th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A drink-driver who killed a woman when he drove the wrong way along a motorway has been jailed for eight years.”
BBC News, 13th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A mother who shaved her young son’s head and eyebrows and forced him to use a wheelchair to make it appear he was seriously ill so she could claim £85,000 in benefits has been jailed.”
The Guardian, 13th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Appeal judges have overturned an order banning a voyeur from surfing the internet, saying it is ‘entirely unreasonable’ for anyone to be denied web access in today’s Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th November 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The home secretary, Theresa May, faces a lengthy legal battle to overturn this week’s ruling by British judges that the radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada should not be sent back to Jordan to face trial.”
The Guardian, 13th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“On 2 November, Newsnight broadcast what are now known to be mistaken claims by former care home resident Steve Messham that he had been sexually abused by a prominent 1980s Conservative politician.”
BBC News, 13th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Desperation among local authority housing departments is running so high that homeless families are regularly told they can be given accommodation only if their children go into care, writes Elizabeth Davidson. This shocking response on the part of the authorities is clearly a fob-off given that this would not only breach their legal duties but would cost their social services departments a lot of money.”
LegalVoice, 13th November 2012
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
“The City of London Law Society has criticised what it calls ‘misconceived’ assumptions underpinning the landmark review of legal training.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 13th November 2012
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
The Current Thinking of the Judiciary (PDF)
Keynote address by the Senior Presiding Judge
Bond Solon Conference on Expert Witnesses, 9th November 2012
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Secret court hearings should protect only the identity of UK intelligence officers, their sources and security material provided by foreign allies, a critical parliamentary report warns.”
The Guardian, 13th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The High Court will determine whether a Dutch company, its managing director and two employees are liable for infringements of database rights and copyright as well as a breach of confidence after rejecting claims that the case should be heard in the Dutch courts.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th November 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
“An international expert in the prevention of torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners is to lead an independent review into the way the death of a mentally ill man in police custody was investigated by the police watchdog.”
The Independent, 12th November 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The country’s largest local authority faces a potential bill of £757m to settle a string of equal pay claims lodged by mainly women workers, amid speculation that other councils and private sector firms could be targeted by a new wave of legal action.”
The Guardian, 12th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man who kidnapped and murdered his ex-wife in the UK before taking her body to Poland to bury it, has been jailed for life.”
BBC News, 12th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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