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This page lists summaries of reports made to the LSC by the Public Interest Advisory Panel.
The panel reports on cases that may raise public interest issues. They are grouped below by category.
PIAP/07/383 - PIAP/08/405
Report summaries for PIAP/07/383 to PIAP/08/405 are currently only published in Focus 56, dated June 08. Full reports are also available to download.
Representation at Inquests
PIAP/002
Representation at inquest. Death in police custody. Application for exceptional funding under Section 6(8)(b) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. Application on behalf of client involved in events leading up to the death. (Full report )
PIAP/007
Representation at inquest. Death following spraying by police with CS gas. Application for exceptional funding under Section 6(8)(b) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. (Full report)
PIAP/008
Representation at Inquest. Alleged victim of Dr Harold Shipman. Application for exceptional funding under Section 6(8)(b) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. (Full report)
PIAP/0015
Representation at inquest. Death of mental patient who walked from hospital and committed suicide. Application for exceptional funding under Section 6(8)(b) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. (Full report)
PIAP/0027
Representation at inquest. Young child killed on live railway line. Application for exceptional funding under Section 6(8)(b) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. (Full report)
PIAP/01/36
Representation at inquest. Death of the applicant's daughter following alleged wrongful detention by the police under a warrant that had previously been executed but not recorded on the police computer. Application for exceptional funding under Section 6(8)(b) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. (Full report)
PIAP/01/44
Representation at inquest. Child and grandmother killed at dangerous road crossing. Application for exceptional funding (Full report)
PIAP/01/75
Application for exceptional funding for representation at inquest. Failure in communications in Ambulance Service resulted in delays before reaching deceased. (Full report)
PIAP/02/86
Inquest held following suicide in prison custody. Deceased's family dissatisfied with level of investigation. Application for investigative help to seek advice on methods of obtaining further investigation. (Full report)
PIAP/02/94
Application for exceptional funding for representation at inquest. Alleged negligence and racial discrimination by hospital and ambulance service. (Full report)
PIAP/02/107
Application for exceptional funding for representation at inquest into death in hospital of overdose victim. Alleged systemic failure in hospital system for treatment of patients. (Full report)
PIAP/03/190
Representation of concerned families at second inquest into deaths caused by the New Cross fire. Exceptional funding application. (Full report)
Tribunals and Enquiries
PIAP/009
Proposed appeal from decision of Leasehold Valuation Tribunal to Lands Tribunal. Legal issue as to whether arbitration clause in lease deprives Tribunal of jurisdiction to determine service charge dispute, even if both parties wish Tribunal to resolve it. Application for exceptional funding under Section 6(8)(b) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. (Full report)
PIAP/0025
Representation before Social Security Commissioner. Entitlement to payment in respect of an overseas burial. Application for exceptional funding under Section 6(8)(b) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. (Full report)
PIAP/0028
Proceedings before Social Security and Child Support Commissioners. Legal issue as to whether Child Support Tribunal was bound by previous decisions. Application for exceptional funding under Section 6(8)(b) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. (Full report)
PIAP/01/43
Hearing before Social Security Commissioner. Compatibility of Social Security Appeal Tribunal with ECHR. (Full report)
PIAP/01/53
Representation before Planning Inspectorate. Application to authorise land for residential use. Exceptional funding application. (Full report)
PIAP/01/56
Representation before Social Security Commissioner - welfare benefit scheme - application for exceptional funding. (Full report)
PIAP/01/62
Representation before the Pensions Appeal Tribunal to consider whether the applicant's schizophrenia was caused or aggravated by her military service. Exceptional funding application. (Full report)
PIAP/01/66
Representation at an appeal to the Social Security Commissioners against the Benefits Agency discontinuing benefits in regard to the applicant's property on the grounds that he was non-resident. Exceptional funding application. (Full report)
PIAP/02/91
Proposed appeal against the decision of the High Court in a planning appeal. The applicant wishes to appeal a Planning Inspector's decision to refuse him planning permission to keep his home, a mobile home, on his land. (Full report)
PIAP/02/93
Appeal to the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Alleged breach of section 5 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. Refusal of employer to offer applicant employment as a volunteer trainee adviser due to the symptoms of his mental illness. (Full report)
PIAP/02/118
Appeal before Social Security Commissioner re: recoupment of overpaid income support. Exceptional funding application. (Full report)
PIAP/03/163
Challenge to burden of proof imposed on patient appealing to MHRT under Mental Health Act 1983 s.72(4A) - patients subject to supervised discharge orders. (Full report)
PIAP/03/169
Appeal to EAT concerning applicability of s.78 Race Relations Act 1976 (RRA) to employment relationship between private-hire taxi driver and radio controller in taxi business. (Full report)
PIAP/03/170
Proposed challenge to a Public Authority's ability to decline to follow recommendations of MHRT made under s.72(3)(a) that patient be transferred to another hospital with a view to facilitating discharge at a later date. (Full report)
Environmental Challenges
PIAP/004
Judicial review of Environment Agency concerning legal framework relating to disposal of nuclear waste at a military site. (Full report)
PIAP/0026
Judicial review proceedings. Need for public enquiry into decommissioning of nuclear submarines. (Full report)
PIAP/01/33
Judicial review proceedings. Proposed challenge to a planning decision to allow the building of a waste disposal incinerator. (Full report)
PIAP/01/40
Judicial review of Environment Agency concerning legal framework relating to disposal of nuclear waste at military site. SECOND REFERRAL. (Full report)
PIAP/01/46
Judicial review of Environment Agency decision to grant waste management licence to permit storage of meat and bone meal. (Full report)
PIAP/01/57
Representation at a public inquiry into disposal of special waste in disused salt mines. Exceptional funding application. (Full report)
PIAP/01/88
Proposed group action for nuisance relating to foul odours escaping from sewage treatment works. (Full report)
PIAP/02/92
Proposed challenge to an anticipated decision by the Environment Agency to grant an operating licence for an incinerator near applicant's home. (Full report)
PIAP/02/113
Group action against waste disposal company and local authority. Claims for damages for nuisance and /or personal injury by persons living close to a landfill site. (Full report)
PIAP/03/209
Judicial review of the Environment Agency and a local authority concerning the modification of a waste management licence to allow the scrapping of war ships at a waste management site. (Full report)
Other Judicial Review Proceedings
PIAP/005
Judicial review of the Social Security Commissioner who refused to grant leave to the client to appeal a decision of the Social Security Appeal Tribunal. (Full report)
PIAP/0016
Judicial review proceedings. Legal issue as to the effect of earlier fraud on entitlement to future welfare benefit. (Full report)
PIAP/0017
Judicial review proceedings. Challenge to decision of Mental Health Review Tribunal to adjourn a case. (Full report)
PIAP/0018
Judicial review proceedings. Legality under European law of social security legislation affecting married women. (Full report)
PIAP/0019
Judicial review proceedings. Challenge under Human Rights Act to procedure for imposing penalties on driver of lorry containing illegal immigrants. (Full report)
PIAP/0022
Judicial review proceedings. Challenge to prison disciplinary procedures under the Human Rights Act 1998. (Full report)
PIAP/0023
Judicial review proceedings. Entitlement to statutory home loss payments. (Full report)
PIAP/01/29
Asylum case. Legal issue as to the date at which the Home Office's decision to refuse entry should be considered as final for welfare benefits purposes. (Full report)
PIAP/01/31
Judicial Review proceedings. Application for declaration of incompatibility under the Human Rights Act of the legislation covering widows' pensions. (Full report)
PIAP/01/35
Judicial review proceedings. Proposed challenge to the Police Complaints Authority's failure to disclose statements/documents to complainants and to give adequate reasons for non-disclosure. (Full report)
PIAP/01/38
Judicial review of Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority. Meaning of "crime of violence" in compensation scheme. Appeal to House of Lords. (Full report)
PIAP/01/39
Judicial review of decision by local authority to refuse to waive charges for home care services. (Full report)
PIAP/01/41
Judicial review of local authority decision to demolish prominent building in local conservation area. (Full report)
PIAP/01/42
Judicial review of local authority failure to provide accommodation for disabled child. Situation of individual client likely to be resolved prior to trial. (Full report)
PIAP/01/49
Judicial review of prison disciplinary proceedings. Whether compliant with ECHR. (Full report)
PIAP/01/50
Judicial review proceedings - treatment of prisoners' earnings by Prison Service. (Full report)
PIAP/01/55
Judicial review proceedings. Refusal of local authority to allow direct access to its employees to give statements to solicitors in child care proceedings. (Full report)
PIAP/01/59
Judicial review proceedings - compatibility of agricultural tenancies with Human Rights Act. (Full report)
PIAP/01/60
Judicial review proceedings - right of prisoner to artificially inseminate his wife. (Full report)
PIAP/01/63
Judicial review against the police concerning their decision to retain the applicant's fingerprints following his acquittal of a criminal offence. (Full report)
PIAP/01/87
Renewal of detention under the Mental Health Act 1983. Applicant detained under s.3 subject to renewal under s.20 on recommendation of responsible medical officer and subsequent approval by hospital managers. Delay in hospital managers' assessing the recommendation for renewal of detention. Proposed judicial review and claim for damages for unlawful detention. Further allegation that manner of renewing detention is contrary to Article 5 ECHR due to lack of adjudication thereon by independent authority. (Full report)
PIAP/01/89
Immigration adjudicator's refusal of leave to enter UK. Immigration Appeal Tribunal's refusal of leave to appeal. Unsuccessful claim for judicial review of IAT's refusal of leave. Application to Court of Appeal for leave to appeal judicial review decision. Paper decision of Simon Brown LJ sitting alone in Court of Appeal refusing leave to appeal. Subsequent oral hearing of application for leave to appeal. Simon Brown LJ presiding at oral hearing. Leave refused. Allegation that Court of Appeal procedure permitting same judge to sit on paper and oral hearing of appeal infringes right to fair trial as judge having refused leave at paper stage will not be impartial at oral hearing. (Full report)
PIAP/02/96
Proposed declaration of incompatibility with the Human Rights Act 1998 of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995. Failure of CICA to meet the costs of an application made on behalf of a child. (Full report)
PIAP/02/100
Proposed judicial review of a decision of the Mental Health Review Tribunal (MHRT). Allegation that the tribunal exceeded the proper limits of its powers by delaying the discharge of the applicant from detention. (Full report)
PIAP/02/101
Proposed judicial review of a decision by the police not to destroy fingerprints and samples taken from the applicant in a criminal matter in which he was acquitted. (Full report)
PIAP/02/106
Proposed judicial review of the Prison Service's decision not to allow time spent by the applicant in custody in relation to offence A to count towards time spent in custody in relation to offence B. (Full report)
PIAP/02/109
Proposed judicial review concerning the powers of a Mental Health Review Tribunal to commission an independent medical report and delays in holding hearings. (Full report)
PIAP/02/111
Application for continued funding for proceedings seeking judicial review of the actions of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service ("CAFCASS") in delaying the appointment of a guardian. (Full report)
PIAP/02/114
Judicial review of police re: Valentine message sent to persistent offenders. (Full report)
PIAP/02/116
Proposed judicial review of Prison Service re: decision banning visits to a prisoner by his fiancée. (Full report)
PIAP/02/124
Proposed judicial review of failure of Lifer Unit of the Prison Service to provide the applicant, a post-tariff life sentence prisoner, with a place on an offender rehabilitation programme. (Full report)
PIAP/02/126
Proposed judicial review of a Magistrates' Court re: that court's policy of requiring those surrendering to an arrest warrant to have the warrant executed at a police station and denying them the option of surrendering directly to the court. (Full report)
PIAP/02/131
Proposed judicial review of the Criminal Cases Review Commission's failure to investigate the applicant's case and refusal to refer it to the Court of Appeal. (Full report)
PIAP/02/135
Proposed appeal to the Administrative Court re: disallowed council tax discount by a valuation tribunal. (Full report)
PIAP/02/138
Proposed judicial review of a decision of a mental health review tribunal. The applicant's request for a review of his detention was ruled out of time under s.66 of the Mental Health Act 1983. (Full report)
PIAP/02/142
Judicial review of CPS and police for failure to act re: alleged assault by police. (Full report)
PIAP/02/144
Proposed judicial review of Home Secretary relating to findings of guilt at prison adjudications. UK government changing procedure at prison adjudication hearings following ECHR ruling that hearings were Article 6 incompliant. Home Secretary agreeing to quash imposition of extra days at Article 6 incompliant hearings but refusing to quash finding of guilt. Allegation that finding of guilt should also be quashed. (Full report)
PIAP/02/146
Judicial review of a local authority's policy on asylum support payments. (Full report)
PIAP/02/147
Judicial review of the Prison Service's Category A Review Team. Failure to assign prisoner to a lower risk category. (Full report)
PIAP/02/151
Judicial review concerning the commercial use of the electoral register. (Full report)
PIAP/02/155
Opposition to a judicial review brought by police concerning Crown Court's award of costs against police in successful appeal against revocation of firearms license. (Full report)
PIAP/03/162
Proposed appeal to Court of Appeal by claimant as interested party in judicial review proceedings. Issue of jurisdiction of Asylum Support Adjudicator to determine appeals brought by person to whom support offered by Secretary of State under s.95 Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 in a particular geographic area but who has declined to travel to that area. (Full report)
PIAP/03/166
Judicial review in planning matter relating to Grade II listed building. (Full report)
PIAP/03/173 & PIAP/03/174
Proposed judicial review of reduction to prisoners' wages following changes to Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme. (Full report)
PIAP/03/175
Proposed judicial review of BBC Radio 4 editorial policy banning non-religious contributors from "Thought for the Day". (Full report)
PIAP/03/176
Judicial review of new police policy designed to deter re-offending - policy involving publication of convict's name, photograph and nature of offence and advertisement of the same on poster sites in the locality where convict committed offence. (Full report)
PIAP/03/177
Proposed judicial review based on routine failure of Chairman of MHRT to specify names of tribunal members when fixing date for MHRT hearing as required by Rule 31 of the Mental Health Review Tribunal Rules 1983. (Full report)
PIAP/03/198
Parents seeking to challenge a Local Authority's decision to close a small rural primary school and replace it with a larger school. (Full report)
PIAP/03/200
Judicial Review of Home Office and police force. Disclosure of transsexual's former gender by Criminal Records Bureau. (Full report)
PIAP/03/201
Judicial review of the Health and Safety Executive decision not to prosecute the owner of a maintenance vehicle involved in a fatal motorway accident. (Full report)
PIAP/03/204
Judicial review of the Home Office. Decision of the Prison Service's Category A Review Team not to refer the applicant to the Category A Committee to consider whether his security rating should be downgraded. (Full report)
PIAP03/205
Judicial Review of a decision of the Mental Health Review Tribunal that the applicant should remain under an order of conditional discharge and liable to be recalled to hospital. (Full report)
PIAP/03/206
Judicial review of the decision of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry and the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs not to introduce an embargo on the export of military equipment to Indonesia. (Full report)
PIAP/03/211
Proposed appeal from decision to refuse permission to bring a judicial review of a decision of the Mental Health Review Tribunal (the "MHRT") to adjourn the applicant's hearing for a period of 8 days. (Full report)
PIAP/04/215
Proposed judicial review of the National Rail Standards Drugs and Alcohol Policy. (Full report)
PIAP/04/217
Proposed actions in judicial review of the detention of a mental health patient; and the decision of a County Court to displace that mental health patient's "nearest relative". (Full report)
PIAP/04/229
Proposed permission application to the House of Lords to appeal a decision of the Court of Appeal in relation to the applicant's claim that maladministration in the handling of his application for asylum and its impact on the financial support available to him, breached his rights under articles 3 and 8 of the ECHR and caused him stress and psychiatric injury. (Full report)
PIAP/04/225
Proposed judicial review of the Police Complaints Authority decision not to refer an allegation to the disciplinary tribunal. The applicant argues that the Authority has misdirected itself in law by applying the incorrect standard of proof to the applicant's complaint.(Full report)
PIAP/04/232
Proposed judicial review of District Judge's determination that while there is a discretion to reconsider bail at any time, there is no right to make a further, fully considered bail application 28 days after the last one was made.(Full report)
PIAP/04/236
Proposed appeal to Court of Appeal from High Court decision to refuse judicial review of a decision by the Secretary of State to decline to quash a finding of guilt in prison disciplinary proceedings where the applicant was refused representation. (Full report)
PIAP/04/237
Proposed action in judicial review against the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) for its decision not to prosecute the man who allegedly raped the applicant. (Full report)
PIAP/04/240
Proposed claim for judicial review and/or breach of article 5(4) of the ECHR in relation to the failure of a restricted patient's responsible medical officer to submit his report to the Mental Health Review Tribunal (MHRT) until 5 days prior to the hearing. The delay in submitting this report lead to the MHRT having to adjourn the hearing for an additional 17 days in order to allow sufficient time for the Secretary of State to respond to the report. (Full report)
PIAP/04/241
Proposed action in judicial review and/or for breach of article 5(4) of the ECHR in relation to the timing of Parole Board reviews of the detention of mandatory life prisoners. (Full report)
PIAP/04/244
Proposed petition to the House of Lords to determine whether the role of the Secretary of State in determining when prisoners serving a determinate sentence of 15 years or more are released from prison contravenes article 5 read with article 14 of the ECHR. (Full report)
Multi Party Actions
PIAP/010
Multi-party personal injury proceedings (asbestos). Claims made against English parent company (Cape Plc) on behalf of South African miners. New applicationsout of scope unless having significant wider public interest. (Full report)
PIAP/0012
Multi-party personal injury proceedings. Oral contraceptive pill litigation. New applications out of scope unless having significant wider public interest. (Full report)
PIAP/01/74
Multi-party action against the police seeking damages for false imprisonment and unlawful searches carried out on the occasion of the May Day protests. (Full report)
PIAP/03/183 & 184
Proposed group action against Prison Service for clinical negligence in failing to properly treat heroin withdrawal symptoms. (Full report)
PIAP/03/207
Appeal against a decision of the High Court granting injunctive relief against the applicants pursuant to the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. Protest campaign against the use of live animals in laboratory experiments. (Full report)
PIAP/03/214
Proposed multi party action pursuant to the Consumer Protection Act in respect of a widely available anti-depressive drug. (Full report)
PIAP/04/210
Proposed action in negligence against a health authority asserting that it has a duty of care to patients of a self-employed GP and that this duty of care was breached by the health authority in failing to terminate its contract with a doctor, or otherwise monitor that doctor's behaviour when they became aware of concerns raised about him. The applicants claim that this breach led to them being sexually assaulted. (Full report)
Other Personal Injury Claims
PIAP/001
Personal injury proceedings (asbestosis). New application to appeal to House of Lords. Proceedings out of scope unless having significant wider public interest. (Full report)
PIAP/003
Fatal accident claim. Death of child, possibly caused by dangerous bed or mattress. Proceedings out of scope unless having significant wider public interest. (Full report)
PIAP/006
Personal injury proceedings. Claim for damages for psychiatric injury from tour operator following traumatic plane accident. Proceedings out of scope unless having a significant wider public interest. (Full report)
PIAP/0013
Personal injury proceedings. Claim for damages against referee for injury sustained during rugby match. Proceedings out of scope unless having significant widerpublic interest. (Full report)
PIAP/0014
Clinical negligence proceedings. Legal issue as to whether surrogacy costs recoverable as a head of damage. (Full report)
PIAP/0021
Personal injury proceedings (asbestos). Asbestos arising from a certain type of housing. Proceedings out of scope unless having a significant wider public interest. (Full report)
PIAP/01/34
Personal injury proceedings. Issue as to whether airlines can be held responsible for deep vein thrombosis suffered by travellers on long-distance flights. (Full report)
PIAP/01/45
Potential claim relating to disposal of stillborn baby. (Full report)
PIAP/01/48
Personal injury claim. Child injured while sleepwalking on school camping trip. (Full report)
PIAP/01/51
Personal injury proceedings - contamination of swimming pool. (Full report)
PIAP/01/54
Personal injury proceedings - claim for compensation for "bodily injury" under Warsaw Convention. (Full report)
PIAP/01/64
Proposed claim for negligence against the Prison Service following accidental injury to a prisoner. Alleged failure to provide appropriate health and safety advice. (Full report)
PIAP/01/71
Proposed appeal to the House of Lords in a personal injury case concerning a road traffic accident. (Full report)
PIAP/01/73
Negligence claim against social services following injury to the applicant whilst in father's care. (Full report)
PIAP/01/77
Proposed appeal to the House of Lords in a case involving injury caused to a pedestrian by a speeding police vehicle answering an emergency call. (Full report)
PIAP/02/98
Claim against the Ministry of Defence for personal injury resulting from asbestos exposure during service in the Royal Navy. Alleged incompatibility of section 10 Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (which establishes the immunity of the Crown from prosecution) with the Human Rights Act 1998. (Full report)
PIAP/02/103
Proposed challenge to the limitation period for personal injury proceedings set out in the Limitation Act 1980. (Full report)
PIAP/02/108
Proposed appeal, under ECHR Article 8, seeking to establish a child's independent right to claim damages for distress and inconvenience where a child residing with parent suffers such damages as a consequence of local authority's breach of its contractual obligation to repair housing. (Full report)
PIAP/02/112
Proposed Appeal to the House of Lords in a personal injury case involving a road traffic accident and the duty of the highway authority. The appeal turns on a point of law on which the Court of Appeal has given conflicting judgments. (Full report)
PIAP/02/117
Proposed personal injury claim against retailers for selling butane gas to a minor and thus contributing to him becoming an addict. (Full report)
PIAP/02/139
Proposed claim for damages for psychiatric injury following the death of a close relative in a road traffic accident. (Full report)
PIAP/02/156
Proposed appeal in a negligence claim against a GP relating to death of applicant's daughter from an overdose of methadone which was prescribed by the GP to another person. (Full report)
PIAP/03/160
Personal injury action turning on employer's vicarious liability for acts of negligent employee. (Full report)
PIAP/03/165
Personal injury action seeking to establish that multiple sclerosis can be triggered by hypertension/ flexion injuries. (Full report)
PIAP/03/186
Proposed claim against Child Support Agency for psychological injury sustained following CSA's failure to correctly assess the contributions to child support required from the applicant over a period of 8 years. (Full report)
PIAP/03/212
Proposed actions for breach of confidence, breach of statutory duty and personal injury against a City Council Housing Department, in relation to the disclosure by the Department of the applicant's address to her abusive former partner. (Full report)
PIAP/04/231
Proposed action for damages for personal injury under the Consumer Protection Act 1987, in relation to the death of the applicant's mother following the implantation of a prosthetic heart mitral valve coated in a newly patented substance. (Full report)
PIAP/04/233
Application for Investigative Help for proposed personal injury proceedings against a National Autistic Society school for failing to protect a pupil from his own self-harming behaviour.(Full report)
PIAP/04/239
Proposed personal injury proceedings based on allegation of exposure to Depleted Uranium (DU). (Full report)
PIAP/04/234
Proposed personal injury proceedings by a passenger involved in the Paddington Rail Crash on 5 October 1999, who subsequently stabbed a man to death while suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). (Full report)
PIAP/04/243
Proposed petition to the House of Lords in personal injury proceedings. (Full report)
Other Proceedings
PIAP/0011
Housing proceedings. Legal issue as to whether a portable heater can constitute an "installation" for the purposes of the Landlord and Tenant Act. (Full report)
PIAP/0020
Action against the police. Police present at illegal eviction. (Full report)
PIAP/0024
Action against the police. Statutory powers to detain at a distant police station. (Full report)
PIAP/01/30
Proceedings under the Charities Act 1993. Dispute between members of the Royal British Legion and their Head Office. Proposed challenge to the right of the HeadOffice to transfer ownership of certain Legion property from the branch to the centre. (Full report)
PIAP/01/32
Representation before Special Education Needs Tribunal. Application for exceptional funding under section 6(8)(b) of the Access to Justice Act 1999. Issue as to whether hydrotherapy treatment for a disabled child can be regarded as educational provision. (Full report)
PIAP/01/37
Proposed County Court proceedings claiming damages under the Race Relations Act 1976. (Full report)
PIAP/01/47
Proceedings challenging police removal and storage of stolen vehicle. Whether vehicle was "abandoned". (Full report)
PIAP/01/52
Enforcement proceedings - powers and duties of bailiffs in relation to seizure of goods. (Full report)
PIAP/01/58
Malicious prosecution proceedings - liability of Home Office for actions of private security firm. (Full report)
PIAP/01/67
Claim against the police for assault and false imprisonment which seeks to challenge the police's use of "Stop and Search" powers. (Full report)
PIAP/01/68
Petition to the House of Lords in a claim that negligence led to applicant's bankruptcy. (Full report)
PIAP/01/69
Appeal to the House of Lords against a local authority injunction restricting the applicant's movements. (Full report)
PIAP/01/70
Appeal to the House of Lords concerning the financial liability of an innocent purchaser of fraudulently obtained goods. (Full report)
PIAP/01/76
Application for funding to obtain a declaration of incompatibility with ECHR of domestic law relating to the rights of families of victims of dangerous driving to make representations in criminal proceedings brought against the driver. (Full report)
PIAP/01/78
Proposed proceedings against the police and magistrates court seeking damages for trespass to land and a declaration of incompatibility with Article 8 ECHR of domestic law concerning the procedure by which a search warrant is obtained. (Full report)
PIAP/01/79
Claim of discrimination against the applicant by a local housing authority contrary to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. (Full report)
PIAP/01/80
Proposed application to the House of Lords for permission to appeal Divisional Court's order that male offender be detained in Young Offenders Institute. (Full report)
PIAP/01/81
Proposed appeal from Court of Appeal in relation to duty of care owed by police to suspects attempting to escape arrest. Application of the doctrine ex turpi in tort cases. (Full report)
PIAP/01/72
Proposed action against local authority. Alleged racial discrimination in the authority's policy of housing some homeless persons out of borough. (Full report)
PIAP/01/82
Unlawful detention in police custody under authority of warrant that should have been recalled. Primary legislation protecting constables and magistrates from liability in such cases. Alleged incompatibility between primary legislation and ECHR Article 5. Proposed claim for damages against court service. (Full report)
PIAP/01/83
Proposed action against local authority claiming damages and/or declaration under Sex Discrimination Act 1975/Human Rights Act. Applicant as single mother applied to local authority for housing. Offer made of out of borough accommodation resulting in allegation that local authority operates policy of discriminating against single mothers in allocating in borough accommodation. (Full report)
PIAP/01/85
Intervention in solicitor's practice by Law Society appointee pursuant to powers contained in Solicitors Act 1974. Alleged incompatibility of such intervention with protection to property rights afforded by Article 1 First Protocol ECHR. Allegation that, as solicitor could not be compensated for losses suffered consequent on intervention, the Law Society's powers are disproportionate to the end sought to be achieved. (Full report)
PIAP/01/90
Allegations of victimisation and racial abuse of child by teacher at school. Proposed claim for damages under Race Relations Act 1976. (Full report)
PIAP/02/97
Proposed appeal to the House of Lords. Alleged incompatibility with ECHR of the system of introductory tenancies for council tenants under the Housing Act 1996. (Full report)
PIAP/02/99
Proposed High Court injunction enjoining a school's governing body to enter a pupil for public examinations. Alleged exclusion of a pupil from school on the grounds of pregnancy. Proposed damages claim for breach of Human Rights Act 1998 and Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (Full report)
PIAP/02/102
Claim under Race Relations Act 1976 and Section 6, Human Rights Act 1998 seeking damages and a declaration. Alleged institutional racism by a local council in its dealings with a Romany family concerning the grave of a family member located in a council owned cemetery. (Full report)
PIAP/02/105
Defence of claim for breach of copyright/confidence brought by a company involved in animal research. The applicant, a campaigner against animal research, published documents belonging to the claimants on a website. The documents were subsequently quoted in the national media. (Full report)
PIAP/02/110
Application for funding to petition the House of Lords for leave to appeal from the Court of Appeal in a housing matter. The applicant claims that she is entitled under statute to a home loss payment from her local council. The council disputes that fact. (Full report)
PIAP/02/112
Appeal to House of Lords concerning circumstances in which local authority has duty of care at common law ancillary to the statutory duty contained in s.39 Road Traffic Act 1988 (duty to devise and pursue a road safety programme) - the "Larner duty". (Full report)
PIAP/02/115
Negligence claims against a health authority re: sexual assaults by a doctor in its employ (limitation issues). (Full report)
PIAP/02/119
Claim for declaration and damages against a school re: alleged racial discrimination against a former student. (Full report)
PIAP/02/122
Challenge to two year cohabitation rule for dependency claims under the Fatal Accidents Act 1976. (Full report)
PIAP/02/123
Proposed human rights challenge to Gambling Act 1845 s.18 under which gambling debts are unenforceable. (Full report)
PIAP/02/125
Claim against CPS for unlawful detention re: arrest warrant wrongfully issued for applicant's failure to appear as a witness in a court case. (Full report)
PIAP/02/121
Proposed claims of racial discrimination against a school student and his parent by the student's former school's governing body and local education authority. (Full report)
PIAP/02/127
Proposed appeal to the House of Lords in a claim for negligence against solicitors. (Full report)
PIAP/02/128
Appeal to the Court of Appeal in a school exclusion case. (Full report)
PIAP/02/129
Proposed House of Lords appeal re: inconsistent rulings on marital status by social security and immigration authorities. (Full report)
PIAP/02/130
Proposed appeal to the House of Lords in conjoined housing disrepair cases. (Full report)
PIAP/02/132
Claim against a local authority for failure to recognise and provide for the applicant's special educational needs. (Full report)
PIAP/02/134
Proposed appeal to the House of Lords in proceedings under the Children Act 1989 involving possible abuse of a child by one or other of its parents. (Full report)
PIAP/02/136 & 137
Proposed appeals to the House of Lords in housing cases turning on the construction of s.85(2) Housing Act 1985. (Full report)
PIAP/02/143
Proposed claim under ECHR Articles 3 and 14 for racially motivated discriminatory treatment of the applicant during a police search of his premises. (Full report)
PIAP/02/149
Proposed appeal to House of Lords re: incompatibility of procedure at prison adjudication hearings with ECHR Article 6. Alleged conflict between domestic and European law following ruling in Ezeh & Connors v UK. Applicant prisoner also seeking award of damages from domestic court for breach of Article 6. (Full report)
PIAP/02/153
Challenge to Prison Service policy of issuing condoms to male prisoners yet deeming prison cell to be public place in which sex is therefore unlawful. (Full report)
PIAP/03/159
Proposed challenge to Probation Service administration of scheme involved in drug treatment and testing orders (DTTOs). Allegation that system of observed urination breaches ECHR Arts. 3 and 8. (Full report)
PIAP/03/161
Proposed claim in negligence against Department of Education and examination body for damages arising out of the summer 2002 marking of 'A' level examination scripts. (Full report)
PIAP/03/164
Proposed claim against Jockey Club for compensation for Club's refusal to award applicant jockey license on medical grounds. Challenge based on Disability Discrimination Act 1995 and ECHR Arts 6 and 14. (Full report)
PIAP/03/167
Proposed claim against national newspaper for damages for breach of confidence/ breach of Data Protection Act 1998 in obtaining information from the applicant whilst seriously ill in hospital, and publishing that information without consent. (Full report)
PIAP/03/168
Proposed claim in negligence and misfeasance against police relating to fatal shooting of unarmed man and subsequent investigation of events. Officers acquitted at trial on direction of judge. Coroner subsequently not proceeding with inquest. Lack of effective investigation of circumstances surrounding the death. (Full report)
PIAP/03/171
Appeal to Court of Appeal in asylum case concerning NASS policy guidance in relation to dispersal and school attendance. (Full report)
PIAP/03/172
Proposed appeal to Court of Appeal in housing matter concerning tenant's absence from property and length of time required before absence deemed to constitute surrender of tenancy. (Full report)
PIAP/03/178
Court Service failure to mark warrant "backed with bail". Applicant being arrested on warrant and detained rather than released on bail. Statutory immunity of justices and their clerks from claims relating to acts or omissions carried out in the execution of duty. (Full report)
PIAP/03/179
Proposed claim against Prison Service for damages arising from assault occasioned by several officers. (Full report)
PIAP/03/180
Psychiatric patient known to be dangerous allowed to remain in the community. Patient subsequently killing two individuals and assaulting a third. Proposed claim in negligence against health authority for failures in treatment of patient. (Full report)
PIAP/03/181
Appeal to Court of Appeal concerning seizure of goods by Customs & Excise for evasion of excise duty. Policy of Customs & Excise in treating individual's appeal as either request for restoration (heard by the VAT and Duties Tribunal) or notice of claim requesting condemnation proceedings (heard by magistrates). (Full report)
PIAP/03/185
Unreasonable delay on the part of Home Office in issuing documentary confirmation of grant of exceptional leave to remain. Applicant therefore unable to claim job-seekers allowance for extended period and claim for backdating rejected by Benefits Agency. Home Office refusing to pay compensation for period where benefits not obtainable due solely to Home Office delay in issuing documentation. (Full report)
PIAP/03/187
Proposed challenge to General Medical Council's guidance "Withholding and Withdrawing Life Prolonging Treatment: Good Practice in Decision Making". (Full report)
PIAP/03/189
Proposed damages claim against police concerning disposal of applicant's car. Applicant arrested on suspicion of supplying Class A drugs. Police seizing and disposing of applicant's car pending trial. Breach of Police Property Act 1987. Officer receiving Formal Advice following complaint to PCA. (Full report)
PIAP/03/182
Proposed damages claim against Prison Service for breach of duty of care in failing to inform applicant of the conditions attached to his grant of bail. (Full report)
PIAP/03/193
Proposed appeal to the House of Lords re: Secretary of State's decision to delay the review of the applicant's life sentence for a longer period than that recommended by the Parole Board. Alleged breach of Article 5(4) ECHR. (Full report)
PIAP/03/194
Applicant on Sex Offenders Register on an indefinite basis. Rights under Article 8 of the Convention. Applicant currently being detained as a patient and argues that, as he will not be released until he is no longer a risk to the public, any continued registration would be disproportionate to Article 8. (Full report)
PIAP/03/195
Proposed claim by autistic applicant against the police for unlawful arrest and false imprisonment and against LEA for violation of Article 3 ECHR by failure to provide a place of safety other than a police station. The applicant was arrested while behaving in an uncontrolled manner in the front garden of his carers' home. (Full report)
PIAP/03/196
Proposed claim in trespass to the person and battery re: treatment administered to the applicant after being entered into a clinical trial without informed consent. (Full report)
PIAP/03/197
The applicant seeks to appeal the first instance judgment in his case in educational negligence and racial discrimination at school. He is seeking to appeal only the discrimination head of the claim. (Full report)
PIAP/03/202
Clinical negligence claim and claim under HRA. Alleged failure of health authority to provide appropriate care and treatment to a patient detained under the Mental Health Act. (Full report)
PIAP/03/208
Proposed appeal to Court of Appeal of the decision of the High Court refusing an application from the applicant child to be joined as a party to an appeal from the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal. (Full report)
PIAP/03/213
Application for Investigative Help to pursue a damages claim against a local authority's Social Services Department for emotional distress. (Full report)
PIAP/04/140
The applicant seeks funding to bring a claim for damages against the UK government for failing to properly implement the provisions of EC Directive 89/391 concerning health and safety at work, thus depriving her of a cause of action in earlier litigation against her employers. (Full report)
PIAP/04/216
Proposed action in negligence against the Crown Prosecution Service for disclosure of personal details of a witness. (Full report)
PIAP/04/218
Proposed action, under the Third Parties (Rights Against Insurers) Act, for enforcement of a judgment in favour of the applicant's mother for compensation for developing mesothelioma due to exposure to asbestos dust, against the insurer of a company (now in liquidation). (Full report)
PIAP/04/219
Potential action for false imprisonment and breaches of Articles 5(1) and 6(3) of the European Convention on Human Rights following a decision of a Magistrates Court to issue a warrant for the applicant's overnight detention for failure to pay a fine in the applicant's absence. (Full report)
PIAP/04/220
Proposed action for unlawful detention pursuant to Article 5(1) as a result of the applicant being detained in various mental health facilities without the proper processes set out under the Mental Health Act 1983 being followed. (Full report)
PIAP/04/221
The applicant is a child who was mistreated by his parents for a number of years. This is a proposed action in negligence and under section 7(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 against a local authority for failure to take him into care earlier than they did. (Full report)
PIAP/04/222
Proposed appeal against a judgment of the Administrative Court that in exceptional circumstances the Parole Board may resort to the use of a specially appointed advocate procedure (as provided for in special immigration proceedings involving issues of national security) in their proceedings. (Full report)
PIAP/04/223
Proposed action for damages for false imprisonment and breaches of articles 5 and 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights. (Full report)
PIAP/04/226
Proposed counter-claim in possession proceedings for a declaration that a credit agreement is unenforceable due to improper execution, on the basis that it fails to state the actual rate of interest, even though it does set out the formula by which the rate is calculated. (Full report)
PIAP/04/227
Proposed action in clinical negligence against a Local Health Authority arising out of the treatment provided to a pregnant teenager. (Full report)
PIAP/04/228
Proposed action pursuant to the Human Rights Act 1998, seeking a declaration of breach of articles 8 and 14 of the ECHR, an injunction and damages against the police for unreasonably and disproportionately, and without due consideration and consultation, circulating documents containing personal information about the applicant to estate agents and other businesses in the applicant's laocal area. (Full report)
PIAP/04/199
Proposed proceedings in negligence and breach of contract against the University attended by the applicant arising out of its handling of his PhD studies. (Full report)
PIAP/04/235
Proposed action against a local authority under section 8 of the Funding Code in respect of protracted Children Act proceedings and a connected employment matter. (Full report)
PIAP/04/242
Proposed action under the Human Rights Act 1998 for breaches of articles 5 and 6 by a District Judge in his handling of a bail application. (Full report)
Last updated: 11 June 2008