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Sex offenders’ lifelong living and travel restrictions were breach of human...
R (JF (by his litigation friend OF)) & Anor v SSHD [2010] UKSC 17 (Read Judgment or Supreme Court press summary) The Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that lifelong requirements for sex offenders...
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Right of appeal for sex offenders register
It is being reported this morning that sex offenders will be given the right to appeal their placement on a police register. The change follows a Supreme Court ruling that the lifelong restrictions...
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High Court calls for joined-up thinking on disclosure of sex offender...
X (South Yorkshire) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and Chief Constable of Yorkshire [2012] EWHC 2954 (Admin)- read judgment The High Court has made an important ruling about the...
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“Follow the money” powers do not breach sex offenders’ privacy rights
R (on the application of) Christopher Prothero v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2013] EWHC 2830 (Admin) 18 September 2013 – read judgment This was a challenge to regulations introduced...
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Monitoring of sex offenders by home visits does not breach human rights –...
M, R (on the application of) v Hampshire Constabulary and another (18 December 2014) [2014] EWCA Civ 1651 – read judgment The law governing the monitoring of sex offenders, allowing police officers to...
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“Keep our kids safe from predators” FB page on the rampage again
CG v Facebook Ireland & Another [2015] NIQB 11 (20 February 2015) – read judgment The plaintiff was a former sex offender who had been identified on a Facebook page run by the second defendant...
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