Public consultation on ‘web snooping’ plans ends – BBC News
“Members of the public have a final chance to have their say on plans to store all their web browsing and social media data for 12 months.”
BBC News, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
BAILII: Recent Decisions
Supreme Court
SerVaas Incorporated v Rafidian Bank & Ors [2012] UKSC 40 (17 August 2012)
High Court (Queen’s Bench Division)
Davis & Anor v West Sussex County Council [2012] EWHC 2152 (QB) (22 August 2012)
Jones v Link Financial Ltd [2012] EWHC 2402 (QB) (22 August 2012)
High Court (Chancery Division)
Hughes v Weiss Re Iuvus Ltd [2012] EWHC 2363 (Ch) (15 August 2012)
High Court (Administrative Court)
Source: www.bailii.org
Prince Harry photos: Clarence House contacts Press Complaints Commission – The Guardian
“The royal family moved to block the British publication of grainy mobile phone pictures of Prince Harry naked in a Las Vegas hotel room after the images were widely circulated online.”
The Guardian, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Stephen Lawrence killers Gary Dobson and David Norris lose appeal bid – The Independent
“The two men jailed for the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence have lost the first round of their attempt to challenge their convictions at the Court of Appeal.”
The Independent, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Is compulsory regulation of the print media compatible with Article 10 ECHR? – UK Human Rights Blog
“One of the possibilities being considered by Lord Justice Leveson as he writes the Report for Part 1 of his Inquiry is whether there should be compulsory regulation of the print media. One, widely discussed possibility is a statutory framework which would require any publisher with turnover or readership above a set threshold to join a ‘regulatory body’: compulsory regulation for large publishers.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Academies should be subject to the law on pupils with special needs – The Guardian
“Tribunal rulings against academies excluding special educational needs pupils must be backed up by changes to the law.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Consumers could win right to see data held on them – Daily Telegraph
“Supermarkets and internet firms could be forced to release sensitive personal information that they hold about customers, ministers have said.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Government publishes guidance on the “legal definition” of waste – OUT-LAW.com
“New guidance on the legal definition of waste and its application will provide a practical guide to businesses new to the legal definition, the Government said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Court victory for Health Lottery – The Independent
“Richard Desmond, the owner of the Daily Express, hailed a victory for his Health Lottery after Camelot, the National Lottery operator, failed in a bid to close it down.”
The Independent, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Law could be updated to make it easier to cull grey squirrels and badgers – Daily Telegraph
“Killing ‘pests’ such as badgers, deer and grey squirrels will be made easier under Government proposals.”
Daily Telegraph, 23rd August 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man fined £110 for sending abusive email to Tory MP – The Guardian
“A man who abused a Tory MP in a crude email after the politician was headbutted by a rival at Westminster was fined £110 and ordered to pay £100 costs yesterday. Nicholas Scales told MP Stuart Andrew to ‘stop wasting police time and get your fucking job done’, Leeds magistrates court heard.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Manchester postman stole 70,000 items of mail – BBC News
“A Manchester postman has been jailed for nine months after admitting stealing 70,000 items of post.”
BBC News, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Rape Myths – BBC Radio 4
“The law is clear, but still misunderstandings abound. Jenni Murray talks to Alison Saunders, head of the Crown Prosecution Service in London, and Lisa Longstaff, Project Coordinator of Women Against Rape.”
BBC Radio 4, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Essex police failed woman murdered by her ex-partner, watchdog says – The Guardian
“The police watchdog has found there was a ‘failure of systems’ in Essex police’s handling of a man who murdered his former partner and their two-year-old daughter, criticising a lack of adequate training, insufficient resources for domestic violence cases and ‘poor oversight’, in a report released on Wednesday.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Section 7(9) DPA is about privacy, not employment disputes – Panopticon
“Disputes about subject access requests under section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 only rarely make their way to the Higher Courts. The leading – and often bedevilling – case of Durant is, for example, now 9 years old. Given this scarcity of precedent from the High Court and Court of Appeal, up-to-date illustrations of the judiciary’s approach to the DPA are most usefully sought in County Court judgments – see for example Panopticon’s post on the case of Elliot v Lloyds TSB Bank from earlier this year.”
Panopticon, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
Main jailed after neglected dog was forced to survive by eating other pet’s remains – The Independent
“A man has been jailed after leaving two Jack Russell dogs to fend for themselves for more than a month, resulting in one starving to death and the other surviving by eating its remains, the RSPCA said.”
The Independent, 21st August 2012
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Craig Murray’s Newsnight outburst: the law on anonymity should be tightened – Head of Legal
“Last night on the BBC’s Newsnight, Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, named one of the women whose evidence has led Swedish prosecutors to seek the extradition of Julian Assange.”
Head of Legal, 21st August 2012
Source: www.headoflegal.com
Coventry man guilty of encouraging disorder during riots – BBC News
“A man has been found guilty of encouraging disorder in Coventry during last summer’s riots across England.”
BBC News, 21st August 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
RSPCA ‘Home for Life’ ads escape ban even though some pets are put down – The Guardian
“An RSPCA ad campaign that offered to care for pets if their owner dies has escaped a ban, despite the charity admitting that almost one in five animals in the scheme are put down.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
