‘A jury has been unable to decide whether Jack Renshaw, a neo-Nazi who admitted a terrorist plot to kill an MP, remained a member of a banned terrorist group. At the end of his fourth and final trial of the past two years, the full story of those cases can now be told.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The appellant argued that all the relevant evidence pointed to the decision not to hold the inquiry being a sham. The basis on which it had been suggested that this was a decision taken in the public interest was, Mrs Finucane argued, spurious. Moreover, the process of consultation and discussions was entirely cosmetic. The outcome had been predetermined. (See Lord Kerr’s summary of the grounds of challenge at paras 50-52)’
UKSC Blog, 26th March 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘On 27 February 2019 the Supreme Court gave judgment in the appeal brought by the widow of the Belfast solicitor, Pat Finucane, against the refusal of the Secretary for State for Northern Ireland to hold a public inquiry into her husband’s death. Giving the leading judgment, Lord Kerr (with whom Lady Hale, Lord Hodge and Lady Black agreed) allowed the appeal on the basis that there had been a breach of the investigative obligation under ECHR, art 2. The Supreme Court found that although Mrs Finucane had a legitimate expectation that there would be a public inquiry into Mr Finucane’s death she had not shown that the government’s decision not to fulfil this promise was made in bad faith or that it was not based on genuine policy grounds. Lord Carnwarth gave a concurring judgment in which he commented on the criticism that had been made of obiter remarks he had made in United Policyholders Group v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago [2016] UKPC 17 in relation in relation to the necessity for a detriment to have been suffered before a claim for substantive legitimate expectation could be made.’
UKSC Blog, 26th March 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘Iran International did not breach the broadcasting code by interviewing a spokesman for a separatist group who praised last September’s terrorist attack in the Iranian city of Ahvaz, the British regulator Ofcom has ruled.’
The Guardian, 26th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On 24 January 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (the ECtHR) delivered its judgment in the case of Catt v. the UK and found that police powers to retain personal data in its Extremism Database is in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.’
Oxford Human Rights Hub, 26th March 2019
Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk
‘The family of Shamima Begum has formally started court challenges against the home secretary, saying Sajid Javid’s decision to strip the teenager of her citizenship is unfair because hundreds of Britons who went to Islamic State territory have been allowed back.’
The Guardian, 20th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘”Prevent” ban on extremist speakers at universities is “unlawful”, the Court of Appeal has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The number of prisoners in custody for terrorism offences has fallen for the first time in five years, official figures show.’
The Guardian, 7th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A couple who fostered an 18 year old man who left a bomb on a Tube train at Parsons Green are to sue Surrey County Council for negligence and breach of their right to family life under the Human Rights Act.’
Local Government Lawyer, 7th March 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Lewis Ludlow – nicknamed “The Eagle” – has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 15 years for planning a “spectacular” terror attack on Oxford Street in London.’
The Independent, 6th March 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The fate of Shamima Begum, the British teenager who joined the Islamic State in Syria (ISIS) and has asked to return home, has divided opinion.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 1st March 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Hyde Park bomb suspect John Downey can be extradited from the Republic of Ireland to Northern Ireland to face charges over the murder of two soldiers in 1972, a judge has ruled.’
Daily Telegraph, 1st March 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Hizballah, Ansaroul Islam and Jamaat Nusrat al-Islam Wal-Muslimin (JNIM) are set to be banned following their proscription as terrorist organisations.’
Home Office, 25th February 2019
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Inquests for the 21 victims of the Birmingham pub bombings are set to reopen later after a long legal fight by families.’
BBC News, 25th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Shamima Begum, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria aged 15, is to lose her UK citizenship.’
BBC News, 20th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Shamima Begum was just 15 when she was radicalised by Isis militants online and smuggled into Syria.’
Rights Info, 19th February 2019
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘Bereaved families and lawyers are threatening to boycott the long-awaited inquests into the 1974 IRA Birmingham pub bombings because of concern over missing documents, lack of legal funding and what the process can deliver.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A British woman who ran away to Syria as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State group has been told she could face prosecution if she returns home.’
BBC News, 14th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Around 350 British jihadists suspected to be in Syria could face up to 10 years in jail if they return to the UK under new anti-terror laws that ban travel to designated areas.’
Daily Telegraph, 12th February 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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