Category: public interest

Her Majesty’s Treasury v Information Commissioner – WLR Daily

Posted July 23rd, 2009 in disclosure, freedom of information, law reports, public interest, tribunals by sally

Her Majesty’s Treasury v Information Commissioner [2009] EWHC 1811 (Admin); [2009] WLR (D) 251

“The convention that law officers’ advice to ministerial departments should not be disclosed without their consent continued to operate after the enactment of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, but was subject to the principles of that Act.”

WLR Daily, 22nd July 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Hussain (Zakir) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports

Posted April 9th, 2009 in immigration, law reports, public interest by sally

Hussain (Zakir) v Secretary of State for the Home Department

Court of Appeal

“Evasion of immigration controls for a long time was not in itself a reason for deciding that an applicant, unlawfully in the United Kingdom, should not be allowed to stay.”

The Times, 9th April 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform v Amway (UK) Ltd – Times Law Reports

Posted March 18th, 2009 in law reports, public interest, undertakings, winding up by sally

Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform v Amway (UK) Ltd

Court of Appeal

“Where winding-up proceedings were brought against a company because its trading practices were ‘inherently objectionable’ under section 124A of the Insolvency Act 1986, as inserted by section 60(3) of the Companies Act 1989, it was open to the judge to dismiss the proceedings on the basis of assurances from the company that the objectionable features of its business model would be reformed.”

The Times, 18th March 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Chairman sends detailed letter to the Legal Services Board – The Bar Council

Posted March 17th, 2009 in barristers, legal services, news, public interest by sally

“The Chairman of the Bar , Desmond Browne QC, has sent a letter to the Legal Services Board in response to its draft business plan. The detailed letter raises various areas of concern, including the fact that “promoting and protecting the public interest” is not set out as a regulatory objective.”

The full text of the Chairman’s letter

The Bar Council, 16th March 2009

Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk

Straw vetoes publication of cabinet Iraq war minutes – The Guardian

Posted February 25th, 2009 in freedom of information, Iraq, news, public interest, veto, war by sally

“Jack Straw today said he would take the unprecedented step of vetoing the release of cabinet minutes relating to the decision to invade Iraq.”

Full story

The Guardian, 24th February 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Jack Straw issues ‘veto’ certificate under the Freedom of Information Act – Ministry of Justice

Posted February 24th, 2009 in freedom of information, Iraq, news, public interest, veto, war by sally

“Justice Secretary Jack Straw has issued a ‘veto’ certificate under section 53 of the Freedom of Information Act (2000), overruling the Information Tribunal’s decision of 27 January upholding the Information Commissioner’s decision of 19 February 2008.”

Full story

Ministry of Justice, 23rd February 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Floe Telecom Ltd v Office of Communications and Another – Times Law Reports

Posted February 23rd, 2009 in appeals, law reports, public interest, tribunals by sally

Floe Telecom Ltd v Office of Communications and Another

Court of Appeal

“Where a tribunal had made unnecessary findings which were damaging to the public interest, it was appropriate for the Court of Appeal to entertain the regulator’s appeal against those findings although he had won.”

The Times,23rd February 2009

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (4) – WLR Daily

Posted February 6th, 2009 in disclosure, judgments, law reports, public interest, torture by sally

R (Binyam Mohamed) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (4) [2009] EWHC 152 (Admin); [2009] WLR (D) 36

“A novel issue, the striking of a balance between the public interest in national security and the public interest in open justice, the rule of law and democratic accountability, lay at the heart of the court’s consideration of whether to restore passages, summarising information relating to an arguable case of torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment of the claimant, which had been redacted from the court’s first open judgment at the request of the Foreign Secretary on grounds of national security. The rule of law required that the determination of where the balance lay was ultimately for the decision of the court.”

WLR Daily, 5th February 2009

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Regina v Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Trust – Times Law Reports

Posted October 10th, 2008 in fines, hospitals, law reports, medicines, public interest by sally

Regina v Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Trust

Court of Appeal

“It was against the public interest to punish by a large fine a not-for-profit organisation, carrying out work for the public benefit, where a failing occurred without fault on the part of that body, but through an act or default of an employee, to whom the task was properly delegated and who was properly trained.”

The Times, 10th October 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Seaga v Harper – Times Law Reports

Posted February 15th, 2008 in defamation, law reports, privilege, public interest by sally

Seaga v Harper

Privy Council

“The defence of qualified privilege established in Reynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd ([2001] 2 AC 127) was available not only to the press and broadcasting media but could also extend to the publication by any person of material of public interest.”

The Times, 15th February 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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Commissioner of Police of Bermuda and Another v Bermuda Broadcasting Co Ltd and Others – Times Law Reports

Posted January 24th, 2008 in Bermuda, confidentiality, corruption, elections, law reports, public interest by sally

Commissioner of Police of Bermuda and Another v Bermuda Broadcasting Co Ltd and Others

Privy Council

“The public interest in the freedom of the media to disseminate information relating to those who submitted themselves for election as legislators overrode the public interest in maintaining the confidentiality of documents relating to a police investigation into allegations of corruption.”

The Times, 24th January 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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