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...
View ArticleRight 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...
View ArticleHigh 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...
View Article“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...
View ArticleMonitoring 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...
View Article“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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