If two people use an online procedure in a magistrates court, or have a video hearing with a magistrate, how will the public know what has happened? Justice must be seen to be done, not become a Schrödinger's justice where the public and media don't … [Read more...] about Schrödingers justice? Maintaining the 400 year-old principle of open justice in a digital world
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ANPR – Met Police explain the ‘Olympic Feed’ and data retention
Since writing about ANPR towards the end of last year I have had a constructive dialogue with police officers about the operation of ANPR. I wrote to Bernard Hogan-Howe in November and today received a reply from the officer in charge about the … [Read more...] about ANPR – Met Police explain the ‘Olympic Feed’ and data retention
The UK Supreme Court and the mysterious case of the submarining videos
The UK Supreme Court said the other day that it was only making video available online for a year citing some storage, copyright and cost reasons that didn't seem right to me. With my Crime and Justice Sector Transparency Panel hat on I wrote about … [Read more...] about The UK Supreme Court and the mysterious case of the submarining videos
Supreme Court in one step forward, one step back for transparency – for one year only….. #opendata
The UK Supreme Court is publishing video of its proceedings on its website in a video on demand service. This is welcome. What is baffling is the decision to remove the videos after a year both for copyright, capacity and possibly cost … [Read more...] about Supreme Court in one step forward, one step back for transparency – for one year only….. #opendata
Police databases time for some broadly based civilian governance?
Through my seat on the Crime and Justice Sector Transparency panel I have asked the Home Office for a note on lay or civilian membership of governance bodies of the major police databases. I want to help stop the police blundering into the same … [Read more...] about Police databases time for some broadly based civilian governance?
Statutory notices – a modern approach to alerting – focus first on activists, journalists, representatives at a hyperlocal level
My colleague Sarah Hartley, writing on Prolific North has uncovered the extent of government spending on advertising with a handful of local papers in some Northern cities – the so called statutory notices. And CLG has at the same time published an … [Read more...] about Statutory notices – a modern approach to alerting – focus first on activists, journalists, representatives at a hyperlocal level