“Out of more than 100,000 people stopped and searched by police using controversial anti-terror powers not one single arrest was made for terrorism-related offences, new figures show.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The government’s scheme compensating victims of crime is to be changed as a result of the 7 July London bombs, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has said.”
BBC News, 19th October 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A decision on whether Abu Hamza will keep his British passport will hinge on whether he has lost his Egyptian citizenship, a tribunal has heard.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th October 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A review of counter-terrorism legislation is expected to tell ministers that control orders for suspects should remain, but the time police can hold suspects without charge should be cut to 14 days from 28, the Guardian has learned.”
The Guardian, 14th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“It is five years since the jurors filed back into the Old Bailey to give their verdict in what has become known as the ‘ricin plot’ trial. After a six-month trial, 17 days of deliberations, and an estimated £20m of taxpayers’ money, four defendants were acquitted and the fifth was found guilty of the lesser charge of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance.”
The Guardian, 13th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Inquests into the deaths of the 52 innocent people killed in the 7/7 bombings will begin today.”
The Guardian, 11th October 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Home Secretary is ‘delighted’ at outcome of a test case which will see an Ethiopian man deported in the interests of national security.”
Home Office, 10th September 2010
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“The Government should seriously consider retaining controversial control orders to keep tabs on suspected terrorists, a think tank said today.”
The Independent, 10th September 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Regina (Patel) v Lord Chancellor [2010] EWHC 2220 (Admin); [2010] WLR (D) 240
“An applicant for exceptional funding by way of legal aid had to meet a high threshold to satisfy the test of ‘significant wider public interest’ in para 27.2.8 of the Legal Services Commission’s Funding Code Decision Making Guidance, subject to the latitude (or margin of discretion) accorded to the Lord Chancellor in the exercise of his judgment. There had to be the potential for client’s involvement in the proceedings to produce real benefits for individuals other than the client and for those benefits to be substantial.”
WLR daily, 6th September 2010
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.
“The widow of one of the 7/7 suicide bombers today lost her High Court bid to overturn a decision refusing her legal aid for representation at the upcoming inquest into the deaths of 52 people in the attacks in London in 2005.”
The Independent, 27th August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Coalition ministers are to be warned today that their current plans to overhaul counter-terrorism powers risk tacitly condoning torture and banning a wide range of political and religious groups.”
The Guardian, 19th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Less than 4% of people arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 were convicted of terrorism-related offences in 2009, new research has found.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 16th August 2010
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Just one person in eight arrested under anti-terror laws is eventually found guilty and the proportion was even lower last year, new research has disclosed.”
The Independent, 13th August 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The UK is operating a ‘parallel, unfair and secretive shadow justice system’ for terror suspects, according to human rights campaigners.”
BBC News, 12th August 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s eccentrics, recluses and misanthropes, you can relax. Ignoring neighbours and keeping your curtains permanently shut to the world outside might not win you many friends, but you’re no longer likely to be denounced as a possible terrorist.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Control orders which the Secretary of State for the Home Department revoked rather than disclose the evidence on which they were made should have been quashed with effect from the dates they were made, because they were made in violation of the right to a fair trial under art 6 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”
WLR Daily, 28th July 2010
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
Please note that once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.
“A court of appeal ruling today cleared the way for two international terrorism suspects to claim damages for having control orders wrongly imposed on them for three and a half years.”
The Guardian, 28th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Anti-terror stop and search powers that allow police to search individuals even without reasons for suspicion have been effectively abandoned.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th July 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“David Cameron is tomorrow expected to announce the terms of a long-promised, judge-led inquiry into allegations of MI5’s complicity in the torture of terror suspects and into how British citizens and residents are to be compensated for being detained at Guantánamo Bay.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Home Office says it is reviewing counter-terrorism laws after a European court decided the government could not appeal against a ruling that said random stop and searches were illegal.”
BBC News, 1st July 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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