3 May 2018
Will Your Voice Be Heard? – A Re-Examination of Standing in Judicial Review in the Light of Worboys
The judicial review of the decision by the Parole Board to release John Worboys garnered significant media attention. One of the factors that increased its profile was the involvement of the Mayor of London, who was the first party to bring a claim. At the substantive hearing, the High Court took the relatively unusual step of denying him standing as a claimant. This article looks at some of the questions raised by the Court’s approach to standing in this instance, and at an alternative option available to individuals or organisations looking to have their voice heard in judicial review proceedings.
25 April 2018
‘Enough is enough’ : IPCC delay found to be ‘extraordinary and indefensible’ in case against Sean Rigg officer
On 21 August 2008, Sean Rigg, a 40 year old black British musician and music producer, died following a cardiac arrest while in police custody at Brixton Police Station. Nearly 10 years later, the on-going investigation into Andrew Birks, one of the officers investigated as a result of the death, and the claimant in this case, has been labelled by the courts as ‘grossly inefficient’.
16 April 2018
Dog walker successfully challenges local authority’s PSPO in High Court
The High Court has, for the first time, considered the validity of a Public Space Protection Order and ruled in favour, at least in part, of a local resident who challenged some controversial restrictions which criminalised the normal behaviour of dogs in council owned parks and public spaces.
4 April 2018
The Data Protection Bill - New Criminal Offences for Data Protection Breaches On Their Way to the Statute Book
The Data Protection Bill (“the Bill”) was described in the Queen’s speech of June 2017 as a new law to ensure ‘that the United Kingdom retains its world-class regime protecting personal data’. It supplements and bolsters the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the directly effective EU regulation on Data Protection coming into force in May.
5 March 2018
Subject Access Requests under the GDPR: What employers need to know
Employers need to be aware of the enhanced rights employees will have to request and access data under the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’).
