October 2014

Guardian News and Media Ltd & Ors v Incedal (2014) EWCA Crim 1861

The Court of Appeal of England and Wales ruled that a terrorism trial must be partly heard in secret.  The judgment, delivered on 24^th September, follows a previous challenge in the same case, which successfully overturned the CPS’s attempt to hold the entire trial in secret and forced the CPS to reveal the identities of previously anonymous defendants. 

R(Christian Jump) v (1) Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and (2) Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government CO/1838/2014

The UK government has agreed to reconsider its decision to cease funding for Local Welfare Advice Schemes, which were established in 2012 to provide emergency support for vulnerable and poor English citizens in crisis.

Hounga v Allen (2014) UKSC 47

Human trafficking campaigners have welcomed a Supreme Court ruling that victims are entitled to be compensated for mistreatment even if their entry into the UK was illegal.