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Queen’s Bench DivisionPublished June 1, 2021Regina (Rose) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester PoliceBefore Judge Eyre QC[2021] EWHC 875 (Admin)Judgment April 19, 2021In considering whether a

Once the Local Authorities and Police and Crime Panels (Coronavirus) (Flexibility of Local Authority and Police and Crime Panel Meetings) (England and Wales) Regulations 2020, SI 2020/392, which permitted local authority meetings to be held remotely (in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic), ceased to apply, such meetings had to take place at a single, specified geographical location; attending a meeting at such a location meant physically going to it; and being ‘present’ at such a meeting ...

Taunton School, where James Butterworth-Smith taught A TAUNTON teacher has been banned from working in any school in England after admitting having sex with a pupil. Music teacher James Butterworth-Smith struck up a relationship with the girl, referred to as Pupil A, at Taunton School by exchanging texts and inviting her to his flat on the campus. A professional conduct panel was told he had sex with Pupil A on two days in June 2018 despite being given guidance about his conduct after she...

Tory MPs who wrote to judges during Charlie Elphicke sexual assault trial under investigation Parliament’s sleaze watchdog is also investigating Boris Johnson over a £15,000 holiday he took to Mustique with his fiancée 10 May 2021 • 9:24pm Natalie Elphicke, pictured alongside her husband and former MP Charlie Elphicke, is one of the Conservative MPs under investigation Credit: Dominic Lipinski /PA  Five Conservative MPs who used Commons stationery to lobby judges over a former collea...

High Court rules on public attendance of meetings amid confusion over rules The High Court has ruled that where council meetings are ‘open to the public’, local authorities should allow members of the public to attend in person and that the requirement of public attendance cannot be satisfied through video streaming. However, supplementary guidance that came out yesterday following a judgement against allowing remote council meetings also stated that the numbers of public attendees can be s...

The defendant NHS Trust had breached s 242(1B)(b) and (c) of the National Health Service Act 2006 by failing to make arrangements which had secured that service users had been involved: (i) in the development and consideration of the proposals for the designation of the hospital as a ‘Green site’ (namely that there would be no Covid-19 related treatment on the site); and (ii) in the making of the decision itself. The Administrative Court, in allowing the claim in part and in construing the ...

I served 17 years in jail for a horrific rape I didnt commit - and now the DNA evidence proves it Andrew Malkinson, 55, has always insisted that GMP got the wrong man Updated Andy Malkinson could have served less than half the 17 years he was in prison - but he refused to admit the offence (Image: APPEAL.ORG.UK) A man who served 17 years in jail for a horrific rape says he is innocent - and that he now has the DNA evidence to prove it. Andrew Malkinson was 37 when he was found guilty of carryin...

Court rules remote meetings cannot continue after May 7 The High Court has ruled today that from May 7, council meetings in England must take place "in person" – dashing hopes that remote meetings would be able to continue after the coronavirus restrictions which allow them lapse. The case brought by The Association of Democratic Services Officers, Lawyers in Local Government and Hertfordshire CC concerned whether councils already have the powers needed to hold online meetings through flexibi...

I had my first jab yesterday and I’ve felt a little emotional about it ever since. My experience of the past year has been no different to many other people’s – a year of drudgery, little human interaction beyond the family, of stress trying to balance work and family commitments – and a feeling I’ve been failing on both fronts simultaneously. For many that past year has been far worse, a year of unemployment, loneliness, cramped living and/or bereavement. Speaking personally, a shot ...