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Court rules against deportation of Abu Qatada to Jordan
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled in the case Othman (Abu Qatada) v. the United Kingdom, which is not final, that Omar Othman (also known as Abu Qatada) would be at real risk of a grossly unfair trial if deported to Jordan, where he is wanted on terrorism… Read more ...ECHR rules life imprisonment is not inhuman or degrading
In a Chamber judgment in the case Vinter and Others v. the United Kingdom, which is not final, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has unanimously held that there had been no violation of Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights… Read more ...Calls for independent judicial inquiry into torture allegations
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that for the time being no one from the security or intelligence services will be charged over British complicity in torture. However, according to the human rights organisation Liberty, the CPS clearly vindicated concerns that British security agencies provided questions for Binyam Mohammed’s… Read more ...Human trafficking study
Glasgow Caledonian University lecturer Dr Kiril Sharapov, an expert in the field of human trafficking, is to undertake the biggest study ever into the public’s attitude towards the problem – and how consumers’ spending habits contribute towards it.Dr Sharapov says that there is a widespread misconception that human trafficking is… Read more ...First prosecution and conviction under the Bribery Act 2010
The first prosecution and conviction under the new Bribery Act 2010, which came into effect on 1 July 2011, took place on 14 October 2011 following the guilty plea of 22 year old Munir Yukub Patel. Patel was subsequently imprisoned for 3 years on 18 November 2011 in respect of… Read more ...First Cadder-related referral
The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (‘the Commission’) has made its first referral to the High Court in the wake of the Cadder ruling. The case concerned is that of Ryan McCallum, who was convicted of rape on 19th May 2009, and later sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. The Commission has… Read more ...ECHR rules on the use of hearsay evidence
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has found that the use of hearsay evidence does not automatically prevent a fair trial. The Grand Chamber judgment in the case of Al-Khawaja and Tahery v UK held that while there had been a violation of article 6 – the right to… Read more ...MEPs call for EU common standards for detention conditions
Urgent measures are needed to remedy the “alarming" state of prisons across the EU, the European Parliament has said in a recent resolution. MEPs have called for action to protect prisoners' fundamental rights and minimum common standards for detention conditions in all EU countries. According to MEPs, an "alarming picture… Read more ...Commission publishes report on criminal liability of partnerships
The Scottish Law Commission has recently published its Report on criminal liability of partnerships. The Report was prompted by a failed prosecution following the fatal fire at the Rosepark nursing home in 2004, which highlighted a problem with the law: a partnership could not be prosecuted once it had been… Read more ...More From Our News Archive
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