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Privacy International, Regina (on The Application of) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal and Others: SC 15 May 2019

The Court was asked whether the actions of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal were amenable to judicial review: ‘what if any material difference to the court’s approach is made by any differences in context or wording, and more particularly the inclusion, in the parenthesis to section 67(8), of a specific reference to decisions relating to ‘jurisdiction’?’ … Continue reading Privacy International, Regina (on The Application of) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal and Others: SC 15 May 2019

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Khan, Regina v: CACD 13 Nov 2018

Renewed application for leave to appeal from conviction and sentence – possession of gun and samurai sword, and failure to provide encryption key. [2018] EWCA Crim 2893 Bailii Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 49 England and Wales Crime Updated: 14 January 2022; Ref: scu.654978

Greater Manchester Police v Andrews: Admn 23 May 2011

The CC appealed by case stated against a refusal of an order under the 2000 Act for the disclosure by the defendant of a cryptography key. The defendant had a history of sexual offences against children and had failed to keep to the terms of a Sexual Offences Prevention Order. He was found with indecent … Continue reading Greater Manchester Police v Andrews: Admn 23 May 2011

Belhadj and Others v Security Service and Others (Including Determination): IPT 29 Apr 2015

The court considered the methods used for collection of information by the security services, and gave the following guidance: ‘(i) Whether in fact there has been, prior to 18 November 2014, soliciting, receiving, storing and transmitting by UK authorities of private communications of the Claimants which have been obtained by the US authorities pursuant to … Continue reading Belhadj and Others v Security Service and Others (Including Determination): IPT 29 Apr 2015

AKJ and Others v Commissioner of Police for The Metroplis and Others: QBD 17 Jan 2013

The claimants sought damages for the actions of undercover police officers engaging in sexual activity as part of the investigation. The court now considered the role of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in dealing with such claims. Held: Such activity fell within ‘personal or other relationship with a person’ for the purposes of section 26(8) of … Continue reading AKJ and Others v Commissioner of Police for The Metroplis and Others: QBD 17 Jan 2013

T and Another, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department and Another: SC 18 Jun 2014

T and JB, asserted that the reference in certificates issued by the state to cautions given to them violated their right to respect for their private life under article 8 of the Convention. T further claims that the obligation cast upon him to disclose the warnings given to him violated the same right. Held: The … Continue reading T and Another, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for The Home Department and Another: SC 18 Jun 2014

Malone v The United Kingdom: ECHR 2 Aug 1984

COURT (PLENARY) The complainant asserted that his telephone conversation had been tapped on the authority of a warrant signed by the Secretary of State, but that there was no system to supervise such warrants, and that it was not therefore in ‘accordance with law’. The taps were based on a non-binding and unpublished directive from … Continue reading Malone v The United Kingdom: ECHR 2 Aug 1984

Liberty (The National Council of Civil Liberties) and Others v The Government Communications Headquarters and Others: IPT 22 Jun 2015

Burton P J, Robert Seabrook QC, Carr J, Christopher Gardner QC, Geoffrey Rivlin QC HHJ [2015] UKIPTrib 13 – 77-H – 2 Bailii Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 68(4) England and Wales Citing: Cited – Belhadj and Others v The Security Service, SIS, GCHQ, Home Office and FCO IPT 7-Feb-2014 The Tribunal considered the … Continue reading Liberty (The National Council of Civil Liberties) and Others v The Government Communications Headquarters and Others: IPT 22 Jun 2015

Regina v Secretary of State for The Home Department Ex Parte Simms: HL 8 Jul 1999

Ban on Prisoners talking to Journalists unlawful The two prisoners, serving life sentences for murder, had had their appeals rejected. They continued to protest innocence, and sought to bring their campaigns to public attention through the press, having oral interviews with journalists without undertakings from the journalists not to publish any element of the interview. … Continue reading Regina v Secretary of State for The Home Department Ex Parte Simms: HL 8 Jul 1999

Kinloch v Her Majesty’s Advocate: SC 19 Dec 2012

The appellant said that the police officers had acted unlawfully when collecting the evidence used against him, in that the information used to support the request for permission to undertake clandestine surveillance had been insufficiently detailed, and that the police had acted in breach of his article 8 rights in obtaining evidence by surveillance since … Continue reading Kinloch v Her Majesty’s Advocate: SC 19 Dec 2012

A, Regina (on The Application of) v B; Regina (A) v Director of Establishments of the Security Service: SC 9 Dec 2009

B, a former senior member of the security services wished to publish his memoirs. He was under contractual and statutory obligations of confidentiality. He sought judicial review of a decision not to allow him to publish parts of the book, saying it was vitiated by bias, and in breach of his right to freedom of … Continue reading A, Regina (on The Application of) v B; Regina (A) v Director of Establishments of the Security Service: SC 9 Dec 2009

Gray v News Group Newspapers Ltd and Another; Coogan v Same: ChD 25 Feb 2011

The claimants said that agents of the defendant had unlawfully accessed their mobile phone systems. The court was now asked whether the agent (M) could rely on the privilege against self incrimination, and otherwise as to the progress of the case. The claimant asserted that their claim was an intellectual property claim, allowing section 72 … Continue reading Gray v News Group Newspapers Ltd and Another; Coogan v Same: ChD 25 Feb 2011