‘The home secretary’s own expert drug advisers have said her bill introducing a blanket ban on “legal highs” risks “serious unintended consequences” and is unenforceable unless it is completely rewritten.
The Guardian, 5th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The government is expected to set out its proposals to give MPs from English constituencies the final say on laws affecting England only.’
BBC News, 2nd July 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘It would be wrong for judges to “intervene or to comment while a matter is being hotly debated in Parliament”, Lord Justice Beatson has said.’
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Legal Futures, 15th June 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The 800th anniversary of Magna Carta has sparked calls for a constitutional convention to settle the outstanding arguments about how the United Kingdom is to be governed in the 21st century.’
The Independent, 16th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government plans to legally protect apprenticeships, so the term cannot be abused.’
BBC News, 14th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘It will be impossible to enforce human rights across Europe if the Conservative party carries out its threat to withdraw from the Strasbourg court, the former attorney general Dominic Grieve QC has warned.’
The Guardian, 11th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Private member’s bill to adopt Lord Falconer’s draft regulations that would allow terminally ill people the right to die subject to checks by doctors and a judge.’
The Guardian, 9th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Three high profile cases concerning the UK government have been granted hearings in the European Court of Human Rights grand chamber, putting the relationship between the government and the ECHR “in the spotlight”.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 7th June 0215
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘The government intends wholesale reform, but will it perpetuate a dark history of invasion of privacy or follow the US example, and end invasive surveillance?’
The Guardian, 5th June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The UK’s democratic liberties are the envy of the world. They are also precarious. We have no written constitution, and the unwritten traditions on which we rely instead are increasingly being called into question. Human rights, the monarchy, Europe, the sovereignty of Parliament, the formation of governments – are there any first principles on which we can agree? On the eve of the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, Andy McSmith kicks off a week-long series on a subject of vital national importance’.’
The Independent, 7th June 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A legal challenge fronted by two UK MPs against communications surveillance laws passed last year has reached the High Court.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th June 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Education and Adoption Bill was presented to Parliament on 3 June 2015. The proposed legislation would make the following changes to education law in England and Wales.No date has been announced yet for the second reading.’
Education Law Blog, 4th June 2015
Source: www.education11kbw.com
‘The High Court is to hear a legal challenge to the government’s emergency surveillance law brought by two MPs.’
BBC News, 4th June 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Queen’s speech, which announces the Government’s agenda for the next five years, would not be the same without some proposals on immigration reform. We were not let down and the plan of attack will be a new Immigration Bill which will focus on illegal workers, overstayers and rogue employers.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 3rd June 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘An Act from 1979 allowing referendums for a Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly is among legislation being recommended for repeal by the Law Commissions.’
Law Commission, 3rd June 2015
Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk
‘Legislation dating back to the reign of King Henry II – preventing removal of debtors’ goods from beyond their native county – will shortly disappear from the UK’s lawbooks.’
The Guardian, 3rd June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The education secretary, Nicky Morgan, has vowed to “sweep away bureaucratic and legal loopholes” obstructing the takeover of as many as 1,000 struggling local authority schools in England and their rapid conversion into academies.’
The Guardian, 3rd June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Today, 2nd June, Lord Dholakia is presenting a Bill to Parliament with a view to raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Details of the proposal have not yet been released, but raising the age from 10 to 14 or 15 would be in line with recommendations from the United Nations. England and Wales (and Northern Ireland) currently have one of the lowest ages of criminal responsibility (ACR) in the world at just 10 years old. Scotland’s ACR used to be even lower at 8, until they increased the age to 12 in 2011.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 1st June 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
‘A Conservative former lord chancellor has opposed calls for Britain to withdraw from the European convention on human rights, arguing that it would send out the wrong signal.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Shadow justice secretary pushing private member’s bill that he hopes could reform a law he sees as no longer enforceable.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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