Two convicted paedophiles who changed gender and then married one another in prison have won damages after a judge criticised the Ministry of Justice for only allowing them to communicate by letter. The inmates, who are both transgender, took legal action after they were moved to different prisons and were not allowed to visit one another or share telephone calls. Both prisoners, who are convicted sex offenders met in HMP Whatton in 2015 and married in a civil partnership two years later. The 45-year-old claimant was given an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence in 2006 for sexually assaulting a child under 13, while her 32-year-old wife received an IPP in 2009 for possessing indecent images of children. Shortly after they married, the claimant said she was moved to a different prison without warning and was not even allowed to say goodbye. Initially, all contact was refused but the ban was later relaxed and they were allowed to communicate by letter. The claimant sued HMP
Mr Butt admitted meeting Mr Mirza on January 28 and revealing campaigners had lost, he said.
But he added his clients weren t aware Mr Mirza would share the verdict on WhatsApp, saying there was no evidence the activist was guilty of contempt of court.
The barrister said the indiscretion had not given any advantage to campaigners. The judgement s full text had also not been divulged.
The message - which said We re very sorry, we ve lost - was anodyne and deleted early on. Mr Butt also apologised profusely, Mr Hoar added.
A second message in another WhatsApp group was not deleted though Mr Butt didn t send it, the court heard.
Ms Fiaz said: “I listen to the concerns of Newham residents every day - about Covid-19, housing, jobs and the opportunities we need for our young people - and think the people behind this unnecessary court action are out of touch with Newham residents real priorities.”
The leader and cabinet model is where an elected councillor is chosen to lead the town hall by a vote of other elected councillors. Currently, voters in Newham directly elect a mayor who picks cabinet chiefs.
By law, a public vote is required to change how a local authority area is governed. A referendum can be triggered by a council motion or a valid petition.
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The competition watchdog’s decision to order FNZ to sell off fellow platform technology provider GBST has been quashed by the Competition Appeal Tribunal.
The case has been referred back to the Competition and Markets Authority so it can reconsider its view and “make a new decision”.
In December last year, FNZ submitted a notice of application to the CAT to challenge the watchdog’s ruling.
Later that month the CMA admitted it had “identified certain potential errors” in its market share calculations and asked the tribunal for the decision to be quashed so it could relook at the matter.