In a statement to the House of Commons (4 September 2023) the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care said that Lady Justice Thirlwall has been appointed to chair the statutory inquiry.
Secretary of State oral statement on Lucy Letby statutory inquiry - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Lady Justice Thirlwall - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Lady Justice Thirlwall appointed to lead the Statutory Public Inquiry | Switalskis Solicitors
Terms of Reference for the inquiry have yet to be agreed.
There were widespread calls for the inquiry to have statutory powers and, on 30 August 2023, it was announced that the inquiry will have statutory powers and will be chaired by a judge.
UK Government 30 August 2023 - Legal powers given to Lucy Letby inquiry - 30 August 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The government announcement states that the Secretary of State took this decision after listening to the views of families of the victims. The move gives the inquiry legal powers which include compelling witnesses to give evidence under oath.
The Inquiry chair has yet to be appointed and Terms of Reference will have to be agreed and published.
Lucy Letby was sentenced on 21 August 2023 to life imprisonment with a whole life order having been convicted on 7 counts of murder. The victims were babies placed under her care as a nurse at the Countess of Chester Hospital. Letby was also convicted on 7 counts of attempted murder. The attempted murder counts related to 6 babies.
Prior to the judge handing down sentence, the court heard personal statements from the parents.
A redacted version of the sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Goss are available at R -v- Letby - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
The image shows the boundary of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) that will apply in Greater London from 29 August 2023.
Details of the scheme are at ULEZ Expansion 2023 - Transport for London (tfl.gov.uk) with more useful information at ULEZ Map - London ULEZ Map 2023
Ulez: What is it and why is its expansion controversial? - BBC News
Legal power:
The power to implement the scheme is in the Greater London Authority Act 1999 - in particular Part IV (Transport).
The bridge had to be closed until the protest ended and numerous vehicles endured long delays - Just Stop Oil protesters removed from Dartford Crossing bridge and arrested | Just Stop Oil | The Guardian 18 October 2022.
One of the protester's demands was for the government to halt all new oil and gas licences but it appears that such demands have fallen on deaf ears - Sunak announces major expansion to North Sea oil drilling - here's why it's so controversial (inews.co.uk)
The two protesters - Morgan Trowland (now aged 40) and Marcus Decker (now age 34) - stood trial in the Crown Court at Basildon before HHJ Collery KC and a jury. They were charged with intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance - s78 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.
Both men were convicted on 4 April 2023 and, on 21 April 2023, Trowland was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment and Decker to 2 years 7 months.
The men appealed against their sentences claiming that the sentences were manifestly excessive and otherwise a disproportionate interference with their rights of freedom of expression and assembly under Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights and so unlawful contrary to s. 6 of the Human Rights Act 1988.
The Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
That question has come to the fore because of events involving politician and broadcaster Nigel Farage, Coutts Bank, and Natwest Bank. There is no need here to rehearse those particular events except to note that Mr Farage said that he would be campaigning for a right to have a bank account.
In 2014 when the European Union issued a Directive (here) requiring Member States
The 1984 Act followed the Younger Report on Privacy (1972), the Lindop Report on Data Protection (1978), and the 1981 European Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data. (This Convention is the work of the Council of Europe and not the European Union. The UK ratified the Convention on 26 August 1987).
Subsequently, the
