Articles by John Hemming MP
John Hemming MP
Sunday Telegraph comment in support of Hyperinjunctions campaign
Andrew France's Story has been told in the Sunday Telegraph. There is a also a comment piece by Alasdair Palmer in support of the campaign to sustain article 5, 9 and 13 (and particularly I suppose 5) of the Bill of Rights. [...]
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Hyperinjunctions and Secret Prisoners talk
This video was done on my mobile phone with it sellotaped to a stand. I found out that when someone phoned me 15 minutes in it stopped videoing. Hopefully the Freedom Association will have a better video available later. [...]
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DOLS and the mess of the court of protection
The link is to a good article about the problems with the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. The problem is that the system is so expensive to operate that the people processed by it have little chance of getting sensible responses (although the court of appeal on this occasion almost [...]
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Hyperinjunctions - today's press coverage
Daily MailLord Pannick article in The Times (paywall)Reference to The Speaker in The Times (paywall) [...]
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The rights to communicate with members of parliament
There have been discussions about whether there is a domestic precedent whereby the right to talk to MPs about issues of public interest is protected by parliament. This already happens in Australia.The following case from the parliamentary journals in 1699 is exactly that. John Kelly provided information about [...]
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R v SUSSEX JUSTICES ex p McCARTHY [1924] 1 KB 256
I have only just found this one which I think is accurately reported below (but if it is not please give me an accurate report).KING’S BENCH DIVISIONR v SUSSEX JUSTICES ex p McCARTHY [1924] 1 KB 256 November 9 1923 Editor’s comments in bold.Here, the magistrates’ clerk retired with the [...]
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Commissioning and the NHS
In all the discussions about the NHS it does appear that one thing is clear. We need to avoid the NHS being subject to EU Competition Law. This is the argument I have been putting. The danger is that commissioners are forced to accept tenders that they [...]
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Gildas the Monk - The High Court of Parliament (2)
Gildas the Monk has done another post about the interrelationship between the courts and parliament. I don't entirely agree with it, but it is worth a read.He finishes:On a wider front, if the Judges themselves do not get a grip and stop the tide of draconian orders which threaten [...]
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[2010] EWHC 3792 (Fam)
The link is to a high court appeal (that is from a district judge).This was an application for (in this case) a father to pay a capital sum in support of his child under Schedule 1 of the Childrens Act 1989. This is an area of law that [...]
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Moving the deckchairs on the titanic
The Family Justice review has now reported. I am not surprised that it has basically come out with a "business as usual" report. The review panel consisted substantially of people who run the service rather than people who have experience of how it does things. Hence they [...]
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Sunday Mercury and secrecy story
The link is to a story about criminal proceedings which includes the following:Finney will now stand trial in June, along with another man who cannot be named for legal reasons. [...]
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Backing for campaign from Observer Article
Henry Porter in The Observer has also come out in support of the campaign against hyper injunctions."MPs are rightly alarmed by the encroachment on parliamentary privilege but they should now take the hint that this is a matter for them. We need a commission to investigate the interests of privacy [...]
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Times backs campaign against Hyperinjunctions
The Times Editorial, behind the paywall, has come out against hyperinjunctions. The editorial is a good general one, but I quote from the last paragraph."When recently giving the annual lecture to the Judicial Studies Board, Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, the Master of the Rolls, acknowledged concerns about how superinjunctions [...]
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European Committee "B" Growth and Peak Oil
Well I think it was European Committee "B". These are interesting committees that debate reports of the European Commission.For example this week I raised the issue of peak oil and energy prices in a debate about European Growth. [...]
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New Superinjunction - report in Guardian
A wealthy financier involved in a family dispute has made British legal history by winning anonymity in a libel case. This latest court attempt to censor internet material has led to claims that free speech is being further eroded in Britain.I am unsure how this really helps. The interests [...]
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Progress on Sixth formers
I am pleased with the progress being made on the replacement for EMA. Additional funds have been found to ensure that sixth formers have assistance with travel. This is one of the issues that I have been pressing for change on. [...]
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Another super or hyper injunction.
The Mail on Sunday reported, yesterday, about another secret court proceeding. It is probably not a hyper injunction. This one is a criminal proceeding.Let us make reference to ECHR:In the determination of his civil rights and obligations or of any criminal charge against him, everyone is entitled to [...]
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Gildas the Monk - The High Court of Parliament
The link is to a post about UK Constitutional law.If you are interested in these issues it is really worth reading. And yes Lord Denning was a very good judge. [...]
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Swiss Francophone piece on Forced Adoption in England
This link is to Swiss TV in french. There was a programme last night (27th March) which included a piece about the system in England. This appears at about 24 minutes in the programme. [...]
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