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And secondly - Supreme Court president criticises secret hearing that was forced upon it http://t.co/hbPH5FtQAm
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Two interesting Supreme Court stories today: Supreme Court rules soldiers' families can sue over deaths in Iraq http://t.co/rnCfw4DuXy
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The secrecy hoohar at the Supreme Court relates to an Iranian Bank frozen out of the UK market. It's won its case against the Treasury.
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So the SC says it can hold secret sessions, but it has to be absolutely sure they are really necessary in the interests of justice
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Lord Neuberger said appeal judges should be robust in resisting govt attempts to persuade them to see secret material they don't need to
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He said govt counsel told court they had to see secret material in a case relating to an Iranian bank - but it turned out to be irrelevant
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Interesting judgement at the Supreme Court - Lord Neuberger has criticised the way government persuaded justices to go into a secret session
13:00 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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Interesting. Turns out #Brady co-operates with tube-feeding regime. Not technically being "forced" to take nutrition.
12:49 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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Abu Qatada treaty endorsed by King of Jordan - deportation moves closer. http://t.co/noZ9ivnMvt
10:58 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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Dr Grounds says that #Brady & Pen incidents have been linked to specific people/events in which the patient has been antagonised
10:53 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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Hs become more isolated after the pen was confiscated in September last year. He used to carry it, gripped in his fist.
10:50 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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Tribunal hears that #Brady is banned from carrying a pen in case he uses it as a weapon against patients he is scared of.
10:42 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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Dr Grounds: #Brady has on “rare occasions” behaved like he is having hallucinations; these may be residual symptoms of his 1980s illness.
10:35 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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Ashworth hospital says #Brady hides himself away. He told staff he talks to himself in his room to stop his vocal chords getting “rusty”.
10:33 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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And he says in his 18 hours of examination of #Brady over 10yrs, the patient has shown no signs of concealing psychotic experiences
10:31 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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Two facets to it: Delusions and hallucinations. But Dr Grounds says imagined experiences are difficult for a patient to conceal
10:30 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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NHS guide to schizophrenia: psychotic illness, patient can't distinguish between reality and imagination: http://t.co/YY3GRTByBH
10:25 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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Dr Adrian Grounds, forensic psychiatrist, says #Brady doesn’t exhibit the symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia, despite what hospital says
10:23 UK time, Tuesday, 18 June 2013
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Back at Day Two of the Ian Brady Mental Health Tribunal. Lots of very detailed evidence on his health.
19:33 UK time, Monday, 17 June 2013
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So you're left asking yourself: How should the state treat the untreatable? Need to find large text book on mental health & law...
About Dominic
Dominic began his career in local newspapers after studying languages at university.
Since joining the BBC in 1998 he has focused on stories relating to law, order, society and belonging - including immigration, ethnicity, the rule of law and terrorism.
He has spent most of his BBC career working online and was one of the pioneers of live online reporting for the BBC, filing stories from the field in the days when mobile phones looked like bricks and we had no idea when the data would reach the news editor.
He is married with two children. His unspellable surname is Italian.
When not undertaking family or work duties, you'll find him cycling up and down hills dreaming of Tour de France greatness.
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