‘The legal smoking age in England could reportedly be raised from 18 to 21 after a “radical” review into plans to make the country smoke-free by 2030.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 (‘2022 Act’), originally a private Member’s bill introduced by Sajid Javid and Pauline Latham, has now become law. The Act will be brought into effect by Regulations, which are pending. The headline is that the Act will amend the Marriage Act 1949 and the Civil Partnership Act 2004 to raise the minimum age at which people can enter into a marriage or civil partnership in England and Wales from sixteen to eighteen. This brief post will focus, however, on exploring the new criminal offence the statute creates and the three implications of the legislation that remain unresolved.’
Law & Religion UK, 10th May 2022
Source: lawandreligionuk.com
‘The government delivers on its pledge to protect the public better and restore confidence in the criminal justice system as four major bills became law today (28 April).’
Ministry of Justice, 28th April 2022
Source: www.gov.uk
‘The legal age of marriage and civil partnerships has been raised to 18 in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 26th April 2022
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This Commons Library briefing paper deals with the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Bill, a Private Member’s Bill which is due to have its Second Reading on 19 November 2021.’
House of Commons Library, 17th November 2021
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘The age at which children can legally consent to having their personal data processed by tech companies should be raised from 13 to 16, MPs have urged.’
Rights Info, 5th November 2019
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘When Zee was 13, she returned from school one day to find an engagement party under way at her home in northern England, but her excitement at the celebrations quickly turned to shock.’
Rights Info, 2nd November 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘The government plans to let 15-year-olds overrule their parents’ wishes and opt in to sex education lessons they have previously been withdrawn from.’
BBC News, 19th July 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Sexual relationships between sports coaches and 16- and 17-year-olds in their care will be made illegal, the sports minister Tracey Crouch has revealed.’
The Independent, 16th November 2017
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘Young people get a number of personal freedoms when they turn 16 in some parts of the UK, but they may have to wait another 24 months to gain other rights.’
BBC News, 4th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘It is not just people that struggle to keep up with technology, but the law itself often lags behind. We have seen that on numerous occasions with the “Twitter prosecutions”, and had another example of that this week, when the Daily Mirror highlighted the story of “Alison” and “’Peter” (both pseudonyms) a couple aged 17 and 22 respectively.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 19th May 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘Police and social workers in Oxfordshire had a tainted perception that girls as young as 11 consented to sex with men who raped and brutalised them, an independent report into the failure to stop their exploitation has said.’
The Guardian, 3rd March 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Janet Bettle, Barrister, Trinity Chambers, Chelmsford and Jonathan Herring, Professor of Law, Exeter College, University of Oxford examine the nature of marriage and how it may evolve.’
Family Law Week, 25th March 2014
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“Downing Street and Nick Clegg have joined forces to reject a call by a leading public health official to consider lowering the age of consent to 15.”
The Guardian, 17th November 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
R v Brown (Appellant) (Northern Ireland) [2013] UKSC 43 | UKSC 2011/0233 (YouTube)
Supreme Court, 26th June 2013
“A prominent barrister specialising in reproductive rights has called for the age
of consent to be lowered to 13.”
BBC News, 8th May 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Strasbourg Court has rejected as manifestly ill-founded a complaint that the offence of strict liability for rape of a child under 13 violated the right to a presumption if innocence under Article 6 and respect for private life under Article 8.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 28th September 2011
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“Drinking alcohol does not affect a man’s ability to guess whether a young girl is under the age of consent, according to a study with implications for cases of underage sex.”
The Times, 20th April 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Attorney-General’s Reference (Nos 74 and 83 of 2007) (Simon Foster and Keith Fenn)
Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)
“A child under 13 could not give consent in law to any sexual activity.”
The Times, 16th November 2007
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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