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Now 'chilling secret justice' reaches the highest court in UK
Supreme Court prepared to consider material delivered behind closed doors
Justices says court has jurisdiction to consider secret High Court ruling
By James Slack
PUBLISHED:00:55, 21 March 2013| UPDATED:08:40, 21 March 2013
The shadow of secret justice has ‘chillingly’ reached the highest court in Britain,
campaigners warned last night.Liberty reacted with horror to a ruling by the Supreme
Court that it was prepared to consider material delivered behind closed doors.
In the past, neither the court nor its predecessor - the Law Lords - had considered
secret evidence.
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Isabella Sankey, Director of Policy for Liberty, said that the Supreme Court had no
statutory power to consider the ruling, delivered by High Court judge Mr Justice Mitting
But a panel of nine Supreme Court justices concluded that the court had the jurisdiction
to consider a secret High Court ruling based on evidence given to a judge at a private
hearing.Liberty had argued - at a Supreme Court hearing in London - that the Supreme
Court had no statutory power to consider the ruling, delivered by High Court judge Mr
Justice Mitting three years ago.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/21/article-2296670-18D27978000005DC-267_306x423.jpg
Isabella Sankey, Director of Policy for Liberty, said: ‘Chillingly the shadow of secret
justice now spreads to the highest court in the land.’
The Supreme Court justices had been considering a secret ruling given during a case
involving the Government and an Iranian bank accused of indirectly helping finance
Iran’s nuclear weapons programme.
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Bank Mellat is trying to overturn an order, made by the Treasury under counter-
terrorism legislation, which bars it from operating in the UK.
Bank bosses say the order is unlawful and unfair.
They have appealed to the Supreme Court after failing to persuade the High Court and
the Court of Appeal to overturn the order.Mr Justice Mitting had heard evidence behind
closed doors when Bank Mellat mounted a High Court challenge in 2010 - and delivered
a secret judgment based on that evidence.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/21/article-2296670-188E5A41000005DC-452_634x357.jpg
The Court of Appeal considered that secret judgment before dismissing Bank Mellat’s
appeal in 2011.Treasury ministers, who have the power to impose sanctions on anyone
involved in nuclear weapons development which poses a 'significant risk' to the UK, had
argued that the Supreme Court could and should consider Mr Justice Mitting’s secret
judgment before ruling on Bank Mellat’s latest appeal.
But Bank Mellat, which has not seen Mr Justice Mitting’s secret ruling, had argued that
the Supreme Court had no statutory power to consider the secret judgment and did not
need to consider the secret judgment when making a decision on whether or not to
overturn the Treasury order.Liberty had also said the Supreme Court had no statutory
power to consider secret material.
Lord Neuberger said justices had decided that the Supreme Court had the jurisdiction to
consider Mr Justice Mitting’s secret judgment.But he said justices had yet to decide
whether they needed to consider the ruling in order to make a decision on Bank Mellat’s
appeal, which continues.The Mail has been campaigning against the introduction of
courts to hear some civil compensation cases in secret.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296670/Now-chilling-secret-justice-reaches-highest-court-UK.html#ixzz2OBdq9OW8
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Now 'chilling secret justice' reaches the highest court in UK
Supreme Court prepared to consider material delivered behind closed doors
Justices says court has jurisdiction to consider secret High Court ruling
By James Slack
PUBLISHED:00:55, 21 March 2013| UPDATED:08:40, 21 March 2013
The shadow of secret justice has ‘chillingly’ reached the highest court in Britain,
campaigners warned last night.Liberty reacted with horror to a ruling by the Supreme
Court that it was prepared to consider material delivered behind closed doors.
In the past, neither the court nor its predecessor - the Law Lords - had considered
secret evidence.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/21/article-2296670-18D273E2000005DC-748_306x423.jpg
Isabella Sankey, Director of Policy for Liberty, said that the Supreme Court had no
statutory power to consider the ruling, delivered by High Court judge Mr Justice Mitting
But a panel of nine Supreme Court justices concluded that the court had the jurisdiction
to consider a secret High Court ruling based on evidence given to a judge at a private
hearing.Liberty had argued - at a Supreme Court hearing in London - that the Supreme
Court had no statutory power to consider the ruling, delivered by High Court judge Mr
Justice Mitting three years ago.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/21/article-2296670-18D27978000005DC-267_306x423.jpg
Isabella Sankey, Director of Policy for Liberty, said: ‘Chillingly the shadow of secret
justice now spreads to the highest court in the land.’
The Supreme Court justices had been considering a secret ruling given during a case
involving the Government and an Iranian bank accused of indirectly helping finance
Iran’s nuclear weapons programme.
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'A scary mess': Global media voices fears over new British press regulation system 'which could stifle investigative journalism'
A hunched ball of scowling red crossness, comrade Jim wants to ban us Press parasites
Bank Mellat is trying to overturn an order, made by the Treasury under counter-
terrorism legislation, which bars it from operating in the UK.
Bank bosses say the order is unlawful and unfair.
They have appealed to the Supreme Court after failing to persuade the High Court and
the Court of Appeal to overturn the order.Mr Justice Mitting had heard evidence behind
closed doors when Bank Mellat mounted a High Court challenge in 2010 - and delivered
a secret judgment based on that evidence.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/03/21/article-2296670-188E5A41000005DC-452_634x357.jpg
The Court of Appeal considered that secret judgment before dismissing Bank Mellat’s
appeal in 2011.Treasury ministers, who have the power to impose sanctions on anyone
involved in nuclear weapons development which poses a 'significant risk' to the UK, had
argued that the Supreme Court could and should consider Mr Justice Mitting’s secret
judgment before ruling on Bank Mellat’s latest appeal.
But Bank Mellat, which has not seen Mr Justice Mitting’s secret ruling, had argued that
the Supreme Court had no statutory power to consider the secret judgment and did not
need to consider the secret judgment when making a decision on whether or not to
overturn the Treasury order.Liberty had also said the Supreme Court had no statutory
power to consider secret material.
Lord Neuberger said justices had decided that the Supreme Court had the jurisdiction to
consider Mr Justice Mitting’s secret judgment.But he said justices had yet to decide
whether they needed to consider the ruling in order to make a decision on Bank Mellat’s
appeal, which continues.The Mail has been campaigning against the introduction of
courts to hear some civil compensation cases in secret.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296670/Now-chilling-secret-justice-reaches-highest-court-UK.html#ixzz2OBdq9OW8
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
====================================================
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Press hits back over ‘chilling’ media crackdown as campaigners warn Internet sites face ‘threat to free speech’
Thursday, 21 March 2013 10:55
Posted by David Icke
A Press backlash against the Government’s plan for a media watchdog underpinned
in law intensified today as it emerged that the internet will be targeted for the first
time.The draft version of the document suggests that foreign-based or owned
websites such as Twitter, Huffington Post, Facebook, Holy Moly, the Guido Fawkes
political site and even The New York Times will be subject to the stifling controls if
their articles are aimed at ‘an audience in the UK’.
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http://www.davidicke.com/images/stories/March201392/censor.jpg
'From Iran to Zimbabwe and New York to Sydney, the world’s media has reacted
with astonishment to the assault on a free Press in Britain.
As plans to shackle newspapers with state regulation were unveiled, the French
declared it a ‘sad day’, the Canadians said it was ‘a mess’ and the Australians
branded it ‘scary’.
Even the Russians are aghast, with Britain’s humiliation complete as newspapers in
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