UN urges UK to make smacking illegal – BBC News
‘The UK should pass laws to ban parents from smacking their children at home, a United Nations report has suggested.’
BBC News, 24th July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Revising the Victims’ Code – Ministry of Justice
‘The statutory Code of Practice for Victims of Crime (“the Code”) places obligations on core criminal justice agencies to provide victims of crime with support and information.’
Ministry of Justice, 16th July 2015
Source: www.consult.justice.gov.uk
Businesses team up to battle English laws on penalties dating back to Magna Carta – The Independent
‘Lawyers are in a legal slug-fest in the Supreme Court trying to determine if the English law on penalties has any place in the modern commercial world.’
The Independent, 23rd July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Britain told to review counter-terrorism powers by UN human rights committee – The Guardian
‘Britain should review its key counter-terrorism powers and revise laws on snooping by security services, a UN report has suggested.’
The Guardian, 23rd July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Sylvie Beghal, wife of terrorist, loses human rights court battle – BBC News
‘The wife of a convicted terrorist, who was prosecuted after refusing to submit to a police interrogation, has lost her human rights case in the Supreme Court.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Facebook, child protection and outsourced monitoring – Panopticon
‘Facebook is no stranger to complaints about the content of posts. Usually, one user complains to Facebook about what other users’ posts say about him. By making the offending posts available, Facebook is processing the complainant’s personal data, and must do so in compliance with data protection law.’
Full story
Panopticon, 22nd Juyl 2015
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Assessing the State’s obligations under ECHR, art 3 – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘How does the decision in DSD and another further our understanding of the police’s duty to investigate? Steven Walmsley, a solicitor at Broudie Jackson Canter, explores the police’s duty in light of the Court of Appeal’s decision.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Supreme Court: no-win-no-fee costs regime compatible with Article 6 – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The pre-April 2013 Conditional Fee Agreement system, under which claimants could recover uplifts on their costs and their insurance premiums from defendants, has survived – just. It received a sustained challenge from defendants to the effect that such a system was in breach of their Article 6 rights to a fair trial.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Divorce court fees to rise by a third – BBC News
‘The cost of getting divorced is to rise by about a third after the government announced increased court fees.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Michael Gove’s prison policy: ‘making prisons work’ – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘Michael Gove, the new Lord Chancellor and Minister of Justice, is settling in to his post. It has not been an easy start for him – there is an all-out strike by criminal lawyers, more Judicial Reviews lost in the High Court, strikes in other areas of his department and bad grammar on his desk already. And that is before any consideration is given to the main ‘task’ of his tenure – working out whether it is possible to scrap the Human Rights Act, and if so, what it can be replaced with.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 21st July 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Khaleel Hussain murder case review launched in Coventry – BBC News
‘A serious case review has been launched following the murder of a two-year-old boy from Coventry.’
BBC News, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Developer ordered to rebuild historic pub after demolishing it without planning permission – Daily Telegraph
‘Udhyam Amin was accused of trying to get planning permission ‘by the back door’ after pulling down the Alchemist pub in Battersea.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Lack of anti-extremist legislation hasn’t hampered watchdog, says Ofcom chief – The Guardian
‘Ofcom chief executive Sharon White has said the regulator has not been hampered by lack of legislation in cracking down on extremist broadcasts following David Cameron said it should be given beefed-up powers to tackle the issue.’
The Guardian, 21st July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Surveillance of MPs’ data challenged – BBC News
‘Three politicians will challenge the lawfulness of the intelligence services’ bulk interception of electronic data at a hearing later.’
BBC News, 23rd July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
New inquiry into deaths in police custody launched by Theresa May – Daily Telegraph
‘Home Secretary says review will look at use of restraint techniques and ‘ask difficult questions’.’
Daily Telegraph, 23rd July 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
The Sun launches human rights legal challenge against Metropolitan Police over phone records search – The Independent
‘A legal challenge against the Metropolitan Police by The Sun newspaper – where three reporters say their human rights were breached during the ‘plebgate’ affair – has started at the High Court.’
The Independent, 20th July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
IPCC investigates Metropolitan police after teenager ‘died during pursuit’ – The Guardian
‘The Police watchdog is investigating Scotland Yard’s stop and searches of a teenager in the years before he died in a collision while apparently being pursued by police.’
The Guardian, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Phone hacking: Andy Coulson to pay £150,000 legal costs – BBC News
‘Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been ordered to pay £150,000 prosecution costs after his 2014 conviction for phone hacking.’
Full story
BBC News, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Poppi Worthington: Court overturns baby’s ‘unexplained death’ verdict – The Independent
‘Poppi Iris Worthington was just 13 months old when she died in December 2012 and still, nearly three years later, the reasons why remain a secret. This is despite the efforts of several pathologists, a “fact-finding” judgment that remains unpublished, an ongoing Serious Case Review, and a failed police investigation that saw three officers accused of misconduct.’
The Independent, 22nd July 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Country’s worst landlord blames tenants for property convictions – The Guardian
‘A London landlord has been convicted for property offences seven times but believes she is the victim, not her tenants.’
The Guardian, 23rd July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
