‘A police officer has been found not guilty of assault after Tasering a police race relations adviser in the face having mistaken him for a suspect.’
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘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
‘This paper looks at the general prohibition in international law on the use of force or threat of force directed at other states, and the legal advice on which the Government decided to participate with the US and France in air strikes on Syrian government targets on 14 April.’
House of Commons Library, 16th April 2018
Source: www.parliament.uk
‘Human rights campaigners have begun an attempt to overturn a high court judgment that allows the British government to continue to export arms to Saudi Arabia for use in Yemen.
The Campaign Against Arms Trade brought the case against Liam Fox, the international trade secretary, seeking permission to appeal against a decision last July that granting licences for the export of arms from the UK to Saudi Arabia was not unlawful. CAAT has warned that British weapons could be used to kill or injure Yemeni civilians.’
The Guardian, 12th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Adults convicted of possessing a knife or acid for use as an offensive weapon in public are likely to face longer prison terms when new sentencing guidelines for judges in England and Wales are introduced.’
The Guardian, 1st March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘People caught with acid or other corrosive substances in public could face up to six months in jail under new guidelines for England and Wales.’
BBC News, 1st March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A Nazi-sympathiser who threatened to petrol bomb mosques after the Manchester Arena attack and who had an array of medieval weapons at his home has been jailed for eight years.’
The Independent, 10th February 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Police drew, aimed or fired Tasers in mental health hospitals, wards, and clinics 58 times in the first six months of figures being recorded.’
BBC News, 1st February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A man who sold firearms to criminals has been jailed for 14 years today for conspiracy to transfer prohibited weapons and ammunition. Dr Mohinder Surdhar was sentenced today at Birmingham Crown Court. He pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to conspiracy to transfer prohibited weapons and ammunition. His co-conspirator, Paul Edmunds was previously sentenced to 30 years in prison on 21 December for supplying guns and ammunition linked to more than 100 crimes around the country.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 31st January 2018
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘The Times’ Lawyer of the Week this morning discusses an Upper Tribunal FOIA appeal brought by Rights Watch UK (for whom Daniel Carey, the Lawyer of the Week, acted pro bono), seeking disclosure of the Attorney General’s advice on drone strikes in Syria. The case was Corderoy & Ahmed v IC, AGO, Cabinet Office [2017] UKUT 495 (AAC). Whether you consider it a win, a loss or a draw (and if so for whom) will depend on which side you’re on here and, as counsel on all sides were colleagues at 11KBW, I will attempt a studied neutrality. I confess I have not found all aspects of the judgment easy to follow, but here you go.’
Panopticon, 18th January 2018
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘A teenager has been found guilty of planning an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack on a pop concert a month after the Manchester Arena bombing.’
The Guardian, 27th November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A teenager and his adult accomplice have been jailed for inflicting “life changing injuries” on two men with an acid attack.’
The Independent, 2nd November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A woman who bought a combat knife and training dummy for her husband has been found guilty of helping him prepare for a planned terror attack in Birmingham.’
BBC News, 26th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘People caught twice carrying acid in public should receive a mandatory six-month prison sentence, the Home Office has proposed.’
BBC News, 14th October 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The government is to review the regulation of air weapons licensing, following a request from the Suffolk coroner.’
Home Office, 10th October 2017
Source: www.gov.uk/home-office
‘A husband and wife have been sentenced for shooting their children with a BB gun as punishment for not doing their chores satisfactorily.’
The Guardian, 5th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Buying powerful laser pens could require a licence in future, the government has said, amid concerns over the number of attacks on aircraft.’
BBC News, 12th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Criminals caught with acid can expect to receive the same prison sentences as those convicted of carrying a knife, according to new judicial guidelines that have come into effect.’
The Guardian, 4th August 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Metropolitan Police used force more than 12,600 times in just three months, with a disproportionate amount of incidents involving black people, new statistics have revealed.’
The Independent, 1st August 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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