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y some white people just don t get that we of colour can be as intelligent as they are as for the jac it doesn t comment on individual cases but there was a telling response from one of their lawyers during the mithani case jac s barrister natasha simonsen told the hearing some very serious allegations have been made and they are rejected in their entirety simonsen said the allegations are not only against the jac but also against that jac s legal advisers the gld and perhaps me as well these are matters we take extremely seriously if the tribunal considered any of that relevant then we would wish to respond in writing to those specific allegations mr thomson and his colleagues in the jac and my colleagues at the gld are extremely hard working civil servants who have strived consistently to do the right thing at every stage of the proceedings there is absolutely no desire to cover things up or suppress information what there is is a concern to protect personal information including sensitive or special category information for both applicants of judicial office and panel members there is also a concern to ensure the appointments system is not prejudiced by disclosure of scoring frameworks which may be unable to be reused in subsequent exercises one time monthly yearly make a one time donation make a monthly donation make a yearly donation choose an amount 5 00 10 00 20 00 5 00 15 00 100 00 5 00 15 00 100 00 or enter a custom amount your contribution is appreciated your contribution is appreciated your contribution is appreciated donate donate monthly donate yearly powered by share this tweet share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp like loading posted in abuse equality justice media uncategorized tagged barnie choudhury eastern eye freedom of information judge kaly paul judicialappointments commission news sir james eadie 2 date fixed for hearing of lorna mcmahon s complaint against coroner mary hassell s missing text over the death of a tv journalist posted on april 29 2026 by davidhencke mrjustice chamberlain mr justice chamberlain has fixed october 14 for a one day hearing into complaints raised by lorna mcmahon the aunt of granada tv journalist teresa mcmahon that part of the transcript into her death was missing when it was published by mary hassell it covered the questioning of the journalist s former partner the coroner decided her death was suicide but this was challenged by her aunt mr justice chamberlain the head of the administrative court at the royal courts of justice will not hear the case himself but has delegated it to a senior judge you can read the background to the case on my blog the blog contains a link to my report of the original hearing one time monthly yearly make a one time donation make a monthly donation make a yearly donation choose an amount 5 00 10 00 20 00 5 00 15 00 100 00 5 00 15 00 100 00 or enter a custom amount your contribution is appreciated your contribution is appreciated your contribution is appreciated donate donate monthly donate yearly powered by share this tweet share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp like loading posted in abuse justice media uncategorized tagged mary hassell coroner mr justice chamberlain royal courts of justice teresa mcmahon 0 senior judge orders court hearing over alleged missing text in coroner mary hassell s transcript of death of tv journalist posted on march 22 2026 by davidhencke mr justice chamberlain the head of the royal court of justice s administrative court has intervened in the case against controversial coroner mary hassell by ordering a hearing later this year after months of inaction by the judiciary mr justice chamberlain pic credit avalon the allegations that the report of the hearing into the death of itv news editor teresa mcmahon appeared to be tampered with were brought by her aunt lorna mcmahon at a hearing last july the judge mr justice stephen morris took the allegations so seriously that he postponed the judicial review hearing and wanted the matter dealt with speedily later last year the coroner tried to get her name removed from the hearing but was overruled by the judge saying it was a matter of open justice there is a full report of the hearing here the judge insisted that her allegations must be corroborated by witnesses at the hearing which attracted wide press attention two journalists including myself and a member of the public have come forward saying the text was missing mary hassell found that the tv journalist committed suicide and ruled out that she was subject to coercive control by her ex boyfriend robert chalmers an nhs estates employee who had previous convictions for violence mary hassell believed the words of the pathologist dr mohammed bashir who examined the body but kept no photographic evidence and discounted domestic violence and greater manchester police who decided from the start that no crime had been committed and never took any photographs either at the scene of her death the missing text covers when lorna mcmahon was questioning teresa s boyfriend after she was frequently interrupted by mary hassell court cases involving coroner s verdicts are very rare and allegations of tampering with the inquest report can be seen as a criminal offence of perverting the course of justice mr justice chamberlain looks set to hear the case himself as he ruled that it could not be heard by a deputy high court judge the full report of the inquest hearing held in december 2024 can be read here one time monthly yearly make a one time donation make a monthly donation make a yearly donation choose an amount 5 00 10 00 20 00 5 00 15 00 100 00 5 00 15 00 100 00 or enter a custom amount your contribution is appreciated your contribution is appreciated your contribution is appreciated donate donate monthly donate yearly powered by share this tweet share on reddit opens in new window reddit email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr share on whatsapp opens in new window whatsapp like loading posted in abuse justice uncategorized tagged coroners report mary hassedll mr justice chamberlain news royal courts of justice teresa mcmahon 2 charity commission loses permission to take parliamentary ombudsman to judicial review over safeguarding cases posted on march 8 2026 by davidhencke picture generated by ai chatgpt a judge has blocked the charity commission from challenging the powers of the parliamentary commissioner through a judicial review the decision is a victory for parliament which said permission to grant the review would be academic non justiciable and a breach of parliamentary privilege however the small print of the ruling by mr justice fordham clarifies the law over what is covered by parliamentary privilege and what is not and how far charities can be expected to investigate cases when the police and the crown prosecution service decide there is not enough evidence to prosecute harrowing cases the two cases where there was a dispute between the parliamentary ombudsman and the commission were extremely harrowing both complainants waived their anonymity one brought by damian murray concerned the failure to investigate historic child sexual at a now closed school run by roman catholic marist brothers in blackburn lancashire a former pupil at the school he learned from another pupil s memoirs that the principal father o neill was a paedophile not only was this covered up but he was venerated with a requiem mass at his death and had a school building named after him when it was known he was a paedophile by the authorities the second case involves ms lara hall a volunteer and a victim of sex trafficking who sought help from the help for persecuted christians charity and ended up having an extra marital affair with the chairman of the trust wiison chowdhury she complained according to the judgement that it was an abusive and exploitative relationship he resigned but his wife has now been appointed the chair the issue was not that the charity commission did not accept the complaints but neither the complainants nor the ombudsman felt it had not done enough to investigate them and assess risk and communicate what it had done so the parliamentary ombudsman decided to issue a further report this can be done if injustice has been caused to the person aggrieved in consequence of maladministration and that the injustice has not been or will not be remedied she may if she thinks fit lay before each house of parliament a special report upon the case the judge is scathing about the charity commission s failings in dealing with this he says it was plainly wrong for the commission to claim that a risk assessment review should apply only to future cases and equally wrong to say the parliamentary ombudsman to have overreached herself by evaluating and examining the risk reviews rather than factually reporting them the judgement noted the commission claimed a symptomatic of a more widespread systemic unlawfulness in the ombudsman s approach to cases about the charity commission actions he ruled but in my judgment it is plainly not open to the commission to contest the findings of maladministration in these cases judge sir michael foreman the judgement backs the charity commission in saying the parliamentary ombudsman s decision letter cannot expect the commission to act as a criminal investigator prosecutor or decision maker over these issues when its main job is to investigate the mismanagement of charities this made the ombudsman s letter flawed there was also a very interesting subtle clarification of parliamentary privilege while accepting parliament s argument that it was a breach of parliamentary privilege to go for a judicial review it said the special report by parliamentary ombudsman that followed her main report could be challenged in the courts and was not subject to parliamentary privilege the charity commission does not intend to do this the parliamentary ombudsman spokesman said one of our roles is to hold public bodies to account acting on behalf of parliament this is an important principle to uphold and the court s decision supports that principle by refusing the charity commission s request for permission to judicially review our reports were laid before parliament after failing to reach agreement on compliance with the charity commission at the heart of what might seem like a matter of process are two people miss hall and mr murray who have suffered significant injustice securing resolution for the complainants remains the priority alongside making sure the lessons identified in our investigations are implemented while the charity commission has made some changes after our original reports we hope the commission will now focus on working constructively to fully comply with our reports and provide the assurance that the public are entitled to expect a charity commission spokesman said we reiterate our apologies to the two complainants in these sensitive cases we have long accepted that there were important lessons for the commission to learn from these and we have previously apologised and paid compensation to each complainant we brought this case in good faith to get clarity from the courts on the respective remits of the phso and commission to provide certainty to the sector we regulate while we are disappointed with the decision not to permit a full hearing the judgment provides a clearer basis on which both organisations can perform the distinct roles parliament has given us the court has reaffirmed the commission s role in regulating charity governance rather than acting as a safeguarding authority and indicated that we cannot be expected to reinvestigate serious criminal allegations made against charity trustees we recognise we need to draw further lessons from the court s decision particularly in terms of how we record and communicate our assessments of risk and we will immediately review key aspects of the two cases in question complainant damian murray said my actual primary concerns about the deliberate concealment of sexual abuse at the former st mary s college blackburn by the marist fathers charity have yet to be acknowledged let alone addressed by the cc since i first raised them in 2018 and whilst phso mr justice fordham and pacac have also made no adjudication about my original concerns and have not been asked to do so i am very grateful for the care and seriousness with which they have within their remits taken account of the grave issues of governance and regulatory failure i have raised and the sensitivity and professionalism with which they have dealt with me personally to date the full judgement is here https drive google com file d 1vhcxwewjm6uivri 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jocelynne also took a petition and letter to downing street yesterday calling for the government to implement in line with the un convention on the elimination of all discrimination against women and girls which has still not been fully introduced by successive british governments the key point is that mediation to solve the injustice facing some 3 5 million 50s women who waited more than six years to get their pension is possible under civil procedure rules this was put to the prime minister and senior government lawyers in letters yesterday cedawinlaw see they have a winning hand over this which is why the government don t want to know over this there is a team of mediators prepared to act the all party group on state pension inequality has also raised the issue of mediation with torsten bell the pensions minister but didn t publish his response my interview is here https t co wbt9b92wfw and jas s interview can be found here https youtu be csf0z7tqzcs si ic03_byzxsgbpb1n to emphasise again no legal challenge is r...