'Sarah’s Law' [Not] - Excellent, It's A Start ... Well Done Lad

3:33PM BST 24 Oct 2012  

Blow to Sarah's Law [not] as judges rule paedophiles' [not] human rights should be considered

"A High Court ruling said paedophiles [not] should be allowed to make representations before their details are revealed to members of the public.

Sarah Payne was eight when she was abducted {note, not sexual] in July 2000

Parents could have a harder time finding out if any paedophiles [sic] live nearby after a High Court ruling that sex offenders’ {and others] human rights to privacy should be considered.

In a judgement that lawyers say risks “watering down” what is known as Sarah’s Law [sic], the court ruled that offenders should be given a say before their presence is disclosed.

Their human right to a family life should also be taken into account, the judges said.

In a test case brought by a repeat sex offender from the Sheffield area, two judges agreed he had the right to make "representations" to South Yorkshire police before local parents who made inquiries about him were told of his criminal past.

Sarah’s Law [sic], started in 2008, allows parents to find out from police if someone has a record for child sexual offences [and other 'relevant' offenses or hearsay].

Known formally {i.e. known as] as the child sex offender disclosure scheme (CSOD), it is named after Sarah Payne [what is?], who was murdered [note, not sexual] in 2000 at the age of eight by Roy Whiting, a paedophile [not].

But the new ruling could force a redrafting of the guidelines. Sir John Thomas, one of the judges, ruled that key parts of the Home Office guidelines were “unlawful” and said a “balancing exercise” was needed between sex offenders' human rights to respect for their privacy and family lives on the one hand, and the interests of protecting children [sic] on the other."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/9630706/Blow-to-Sarahs-Law-as-judges-rule-paedophiles-human-rights-should-be-considered.html

Well of course: Even nonces have human rights

http://timworstall.com/2012/10/25/well-of-course-even-nonces-have-human-rights/comment-page-1/#comment-112517

[2012] EWHC 2954 (Admin)

http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/markup.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/Admin/2012/2954.html&query=%22jason+coppel%22&method=boolean

Disclosure of sex offender information – new high court judgment

http://www.panopticonblog.com/2012/10/24/disclosure-of-sex-offender-information-new-high-court-judgment/

High Court calls for joined-up thinking on disclosure of sex offender information

http://ukhumanrightsblog.com/2012/10/29/high-court-calls-for-joined-up-thinking-on-disclosure-of-sex-offender-information/