It was reasonable for the school disciplinary panel to have concluded that the appellant's non-disclosure of her friendship with a man convicted of
making indecent images of children not only amounted to a breach of duty, but also merited her dismissal.
A local authority was right to sack a primary school headteacher who did not disclose to governors that her friend had been convicted of
downloading indecent images of children, the Supreme Court (SC) has unanimously held.
He added that the author's comments were «dismissive of children being harmed», saying it was «naivety at best and, at worst, a dismissal of understanding that when we talk
about indecent images of children, we're talking about a crime scene where children have been abused.»
«The report said: «It is still too easy for people to access inappropriate online content,
particularly indecent images of children, terrorism incitement and sites informing people how to commit online crime.»
Venues displaying the Friendly WiFi symbol have WiFi filters which deny access to pornography and webpages known by the Internet Watch Foundation to
host indecent images of children and advertisements or links to such content.
In Reilly v Sandwell MBC the Supreme Court held that it was reasonable for a school's disciplinary panel to conclude that their head teacher's non-disclosure of her friendship with a man convicted of making
indecent images of children merited her dismissal for misconduct.
This week (in Reilly v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council), the Supreme Court, has found that a head teacher's failure to disclose her relationship with a man who had been convicted of making
indecent images of children justified her dismissal...
By PCA 1978, the Criminal Justice Act 1988, s 160 and the Sexual Offences Act 2003, it is an offence to take, make and
distribute indecent images of children under 18, or to simply possess such images, and data held on computer disc is caught within the definition of «indecent photograph» (see R v Fellows [1997] 2 All ER 548, [1997] 1 Cr App Rep 244, R v Arnold; R v Fellows [1997] 2 All ER 548, [1997] 1 Cr App Rep 244).
«IWF's overriding objective is to minimise the availability of
indecent images of children on the internet, however, on this occasion our efforts have had the opposite effect,» it said.
v3.co.uk - A new type of malwarehas been found on a porn website that demands that victims pay afee - or threatens to report them to law enforcementagenciesfor supposedly
accessing indecent images of children.
Brown was found guilty of three counts of possessing
indecent images of children, two of making indecent images of children and one of possessing a prohibited image of a child.
He was arrested, convicted for possession of
indecent images of children and retreated to Norfolk to run a pub.
Fillery was subsequently convicted of possession of
indecent images of children.
Ms Morgan said the Department of Education is asking all schools to put in place stronger measures to protect pupils from harm online and that the law is «crystal clear» in saying teachers should report
any indecent images of children to police.
In Reilly v Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council [2018] EWCA Civ 766, a former primary school headteacher had decided not to disclose a close friendship with a man who she knew had been arrested and convicted of making
indecent images of children.
Was a headteacher unfairly dismissed for not disclosing her close friendship with a man convicted of making
indecent images of children?
In 2002 Dr Rumbold, following a raid by the police at his home, was discovered to be in possession of 77
indecent images of children.
After her appointment, Mr Selwood was convicted of making
indecent images of children.
The Supreme Court has upheld a tribunal decision that a school acted reasonably in dismissing a head teacher who did not disclose her relationship with a person convicted of making
indecent images of children.
The Claimant, a teacher with an unblemished work record, held her marriage vows to be so sacrosanct that she was not prepared to divorce her Head Teacher husband even after he was convicted of sex offences (making
indecent images of children and voyeurism) She was dismissed by her employing school and claimed unfair dismissal and indirect religious discrimination.