Palestinian cartoonist’s 1987 murder reinvestigated – BBC News
‘The murder of a Palestinian cartoonist who was shot dead in the street is being reinvestigated 30 years on.’
BBC News, 29th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
DWP spends £39m defending decisions to strip benefits from sick and disabled people – The Independent
‘Freedom of Information requests have exposed how taxpayers’ money has been spent on futile legal battles to prevent vulnerable people receiving help.’
The Independent, 29th August 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Britain can only deport foreign terrorists to two countries at a time, report says – Daily Telegraph
‘Britain can only deport foreign terrorists hiding behind human rights laws to two countries at a time because the process is too expensive, a long-awaited review has revealed.’
Daily Telegraph, 28th August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
World-leading package of corporate governance reforms announced to increase boardroom accountability and enhance trust in business – Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
‘Business Secretary Greg Clark has set out the government’s corporate governance reforms to enhance the public’s trust in business.’
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial-strategy
Government attacked over new laws on excessive ‘fat cat’ pay – The Independent
‘Critics rounded on the Government today as it published the full detail of new laws aimed at cracking down on excessive boardroom pay.’
The Independent, 29th August 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Police missed chances to stop paedophile Ian Watkins, says report – The Guardian
‘Police missed a string of opportunities over a period of four years to stop the rock star Ian Watkins from committing depraved sex attacks on children and babies, a watchdog has concluded.’
The Guardian, 25th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Taxi laws need updating to tackle child sexual abuse, say councils – The Guardian
‘Taxi laws need urgently updating to combat child sexual exploitation, councils have warned.’
The Guardian, 25th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Don’t reject legal aid application with ‘tick-box’ letter, judge says – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A family judge has told the Legal Aid Agency not to issue a letter ‘almost akin to a tick-box form’ should it refuse to pay an expert’s fee in a case involving a three-month old boy at the centre of care proceedings.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th August 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Clearing houses to be subject to formal cybersecurity reporting duties in the UK – OUT-LAW.com
‘Clearing houses in the UK will be subject to new formal cybersecurity incident reporting duties under changes likely to be implemented by 9 May next year.’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th August 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
DVLA bans over 300 potentially offensive licence plates – BBC News
‘More than 300 vehicle licence plates have been banned from use when the 67 registrations are released on 1 September.’
BBC News, 25th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman jailed for 10 years for making series of false rape claims – The Guardian
‘A woman who made a series of false rape claims and sexual assault allegations has been jailed for 10 years.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Charity Commission issues official warning to gurdwara – Law & Religion UK
‘The Charity Commission opened a compliance case in 2015 into Gurdwara Guru Nanak Parkash in Coventry and has now issued an official warning to the trustees under s 75A(1)(a) Charities Act 2011 on the grounds that “a breach of trust or duty or other misconduct or mismanagement has been committed by or in connection with the control and management of the charity as charity trustees”. This is only the second time the Commission has used its power to issue an official warning’
Law & Religion UK, 24th August 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
Brexit and Data Protection – Panopticon
‘Data protection lawyers and specialists have long been used to their area of expertise being treated as a rather mould-infested and irritating area of the law, like champerty but with more Schedules. Amongst other things, Brexit seems to have caused a bit of an upsurge in interest in how cross-border data flows are going to be managed in the brave new world. (Panopticon has seen articles in the last few months mentioning the GDPR and data protection after Brexit in the LRB and Private Eye, which is a bit like unexpectedly finding your girlfriend on page 3 of the Sun and the New Left Review on the same day.) HM Government have also recognised the importance of the issue, and have today published their position paper entitled ‘The exchange and protection of personal data’.It is fair to say that the 15 pages that you print off are not ram-packed (to use Mr Corbyn’s famed train-based term) with unexpected surprises, or indeed a huge amount of detail. There will doubtless be complaints about this, but to be fair, what the UK would like from the EU in the data protection is hardly rocket science. It spends a good deal of space explaining the importance of ensuring good levels of data protection, and enabling cross-border data flows, whilst also making quite an effort to emphasise how keen the UK has been, and still is, on being at the forefront of data protection. It even suggests that the DPA 1998 implemented the Directive beyond the minimum required; perfectly fairly it points out that the DPA didn’t have to cover law enforcement data processing but chose to do so, and surely our European friends will not be so impolite as to note, for example, the need for the Court of Appeal to strike down bits of the DPA as not properly implementing the Directive in Vidal-Hall…’
Panopticon, 24th August 2017
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘Administrative’ solution to employment tribunal fee issues imminent – OUT-LAW.com
‘A short stay on employment tribunal claims brought “in reliance upon” the Supreme Court’s recent finding that the fee regime introduced in 2013 was unlawful has been lifted by the tribunal service.’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th August 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
No secure care place available for ‘dangerous’ teenager, UK judge told – The Guardian
‘A senior judge has expressed concern after being told there is no secure accommodation anywhere in the country for a “troubled and dangerous” teenager believed to be involved in serious gangland activity.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
The Wages of Sin is: the Ability to Rely on Section 12 – Panopticon
‘What happens when your FOIA request to a public authority is met with the response that it would breach the cost limits set under section 12 to respond to the request because the authority’s record keeping systems are in a particular (i.e. poor) state? In a word: tough.’
Panopticon, 24th August 2017
Source: panopticonblog.com
Costs judge rejects £10k ATE challenge based on ‘hindsight’ – Law Society’s Gazette
‘A costs judge has rejected a defendant’s attempt to deprive a clinical negligence claimant of their £10,000 insurance premium.’
Law Society's Gazette, 24th August 2017
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Homeless man jailed for Hyde Park murder – The Guardian
‘A homeless man has been jailed for at least 26 years for murdering a “kind and peace-loving” carer in London’s Hyde Park after the authorities failed to deport him on at least six occasions over two years.’
The Guardian, 24th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
Judge condemns Amber Rudd for ignoring orders to release torture victim – The Guardian
‘A high court judge has said she is “deeply concerned” about the behaviour of Amber Rudd for failing to release a survivor of torture from detention despite repeated court orders requiring her to do so.’
The Guardian, 23rd August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
