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Decision on application for court order requesting correction of Jack Beecham’s personal data held by Merseyside Police adjourned
By John Brace – Editor
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Jack Beecham pleads guilty to harrassment without violence at Wirral Magistrates Court
By John Brace (Editor)
Date Written: 6th July 2023 07:21 (BST)
First publication date: 12th December 2023, 13:02 (GMT)
Updated (changes to last two sentences): 28th March 2024 11:30 (GMT)
Although this blog has previously published pieces on two judicial hearings at the Liverpool Crown Court in November 2022, under the headlines ICO accuse Jack Beecham of breaching bail conditions (24th November 2022) and Trial of Jack Beecham at Liverpool Crown Court delayed due to COVID (8th November 2022) for which he is currently (as of 6th July 2023) on bail in a case in the Liverpool Crown Court brought by ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) which is expected to go to trial later in 2023, this piece below is on a totally different (and unrelated) criminal case brought against Jack Beecham in the Wirral Magistrates’ Court.
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Jack Beecham found not guilty on two counts of alleged breaches of section 170 of the Data Protection Act 2018
By John Brace (Editor)
First publication date: Wednesday 16th August 2023, 13:11 (BST).
On Friday 11th August 2023, at a pre-trial hearing in ICO v Jack Beecham, I was the only journalist present for two pre-trial hearings (one hearing starting at 1.14 pm ending at 2.59 pm, the second from 4.03 pm to 4.59 pm), which HHJ Murray imposed reporting restrictions on.
Although the Judicial College guidance to the judiciary states in general that such reporting restrictions would generally lapse following the trial phase, following an a representation opposing this from the press on Monday 14th August 2023 HHJ Murray decided to continue with such restrictions in the interests of justice.
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Junior doctors strike in England continues following rejection of pay offer by BMA
By John Brace (Editor)
First publication date: Monday 14th August 2023, 07:56 (BST).
Junior doctors have been on strike (a picket line outside Arrowe Park Hospital, Wirral, England, UK is pictured above) at Arrowe Park Hospital (which is run by Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust) in a fifth round of industrial action that started on Friday 11th August at 7am (BST) and continues to Tuesday 15th August at 7am (BST).
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Applications by Defendant Jack Beecham to vacate 14th August 2023 trial date and have public funds pay for transcript of previous hearing both denied by HHJ Swinnerton at Liverpool Crown Court
By John Brace (Editor)
First publication date: Friday 28th July 2023, 17:36 (BST).
Previous published articles on this blog about hearings in this case can be read at:-
ICO accuse Jack Beecham of breaching bail conditions (24th November 2022)
and
Trial of Jack Beecham at Liverpool Crown Court delayed due to COVID (8th November 2022)
This was a For Mention hearing heard before His Honour Judge Swinnerton in Court 4–3 on the fourth floor of the Liverpool Crown Court. The Defendant was Mr Jack Beecham (who was present but unrepresented, but not sitting in the dock). Representing ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) was Mark Friend (who was a barrister at Lincoln House Chambers).
This was a hybrid For Mention hearing as although Mr Jack Beecham was present physically, Mark Friend (for the prosecution – ICO) joined remotely via video. The hearing was listed to start at 2.00 pm on Monday 10th July 2023.
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