‘The battle to establish a new Leveson-style inquiry into the media could continue next week, with peers weighing up whether to overturn the House of Commons’ decision that there is no need for another investigation into the activities of the press.’
The Guardian, 10th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On Friday 13 April 2018 the Royal Air Force participated in air strikes (together with the United States and France) to degrade the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons capability and to deter further chemical attacks. This intervention in Syria was not authorised by the UN Security Council, nor was the involvement of British troops approved by the House of Commons. Instead, the decision to send British forces to Syria was made by The Prime Minister Theresa in conjunction with the Cabinet. Readers can view her public statement from 14 April 2018 here. Events unfolded this way despite governmental acknowledgement of a War Powers Convention in the 2011 Cabinet Manual.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 20th April 2018
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘MPs are demanding government action after more than 100 people contacted the Guardian with allegations of child sexual abuse and other mistreatment in Jehovah’s Witness communities in the UK.’
The Guardian, 26th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The victims’ commissioner on her fight for a long-overdue law to get vulnerable people heard.’
The Guardian, 27th February 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Lady Hale at the 2018 Pankhurst Lecture, University of Manchester.’
Supreme Court, 8th February 2018
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
‘The government’s main piece of legislation on withdrawal from the European Union has cleared its first hurdle in the House of Lords.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st February 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The central reason for setting up the £100 million national child abuse inquiry was called into doubt by its own lawyers as it ruled out investigating lurid claims of a Westminster paedophile ring made by fantasists. The inquiry also announced that people making accusations of child sex abuse against politicians and other VIPs will routinely be referred to as ‘complainants’ rather than victims or survivors – in an apparent acknowledgment that many of the claims have proved to be false.’
Daily Telegraph, 31st January 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The government is facing a fresh push to ban “conversion therapy” aimed at changing gay people’s sexuality.’
BBC News, 25th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government must urgently strengthen laws around sexual harassment to stop abuse continuing on “an industrial scale”, according to a coalition of MPs, union leaders and women’s groups.’
The Guardian, 15th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Peers have backed a proposal that would require Theresa May to proceed with the second stage of the Leveson inquiry.’
BBC News, 10th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘In a four month period in 2017, there were 24,000 attempts to access pornographic websites in the Houses of Parliament. Westminster may be a special case, but should it be a sackable offence in regular offices?’
The Guardian, 8th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Proposals to tackle sexual harassment and assault in Westminster have been criticised by campaigners and MPs for being “too vague” and leaving “too much power” with the party whips.’
The Guardian, 5th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Legal regulation is “more than ripe for total overhaul”, a former chair of the Bar Standards Board has told the House of Lords.’
Legal Futures, 15th December 2017
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The lack of adequate Parliamentary scrutiny when the UK negotiates trade agreements (something it has not done in its own right for many years) has come to the attention of the House of Commons International Trade Committee. This is timely given the prospect of the UK negotiating the single most important trade agreement it is likely to negotiate for a long time – its future trade agreement with the EU. The context for the Committee’s concern is its inquiry into the Trade Bill. One of the issues which the Bill addresses is the domestic implementation in the UK of those EU trade agreements which are adapted for continued application by the UK after Brexit. The Committee has asked whether Parliamentary scrutiny of ministerial rules implementing these agreements is adequate, and, more broadly, whether scrutiny of the UK signing up to these and other trade agreements, is adequate.’
Brexit Law, 6th December 2017
Source: brexit.law
‘Retired police officers who leaked information about an inquiry into Cabinet minister Damian Green could face prosecution, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner has said.’
The Independent, 4th December 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘I have previously written on this blog and elsewhere about statutory interpretation and the rule of law. In the previous blog post I stated that the idea “that the courts will not allow the executive to escape their jurisdiction is well established as part of the rule of law” and referenced, inter alia, Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147 (HL) to support this view.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 4th December 2017
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Campaigners have criticised “couch-potato peers” in the House of Lords who took part in less than a quarter of votes and did not speak at all in 2016-17, but still claimed a total of £462,510 in tax-free expenses. The 33 peers also did not table a written question or sit on a committee though claimed an average £14,015 each, or £746 per vote, the Electoral Reform Society (ERS) said in a new report.’
The Independent, 15th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government response to the report from the House of Lords Select Committee on the Licensing Act 2003: post-legislative scrutiny.’
Home Office, 6th November 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘Rt Hon David Lidington MP, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, has today delivered an Oral Statement to the House of Commons.’
Ministry of Justice, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
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