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  • Emergency State by Adam Wagner: having and eating cake?

    Carl Gardner
    April 23, 2023

    detail from cover of Emergency State

    Adam Wagner has written a very interesting, highly readable and thought-provoking book about law and the pandemic, based on his professional experience in a number of important […]

    Tags: government, health, human rights, parliament
  • Article 50, and UK constitutional law

    Carl Gardner
    June 27, 2016

    If you’ve been following closely news about Britain’s EU referendum and its aftermath, you’ll probably have heard of article 50 of the Treaty on European Union which makes provision for a member state to leave the EU and lays […]

    Tags: constitution, eu law, eu referendum, government, parliament, prerogative
  • The draft EU (Voter Registration) Regulations 2016

    Carl Gardner
    June 9, 2016

    Here are the draft regulations that will […]

    Tags: elections, government, judicial review, legislation, parliament
  • How to extend the referendum voter registration deadline

    Carl Gardner
    June 8, 2016

    In response to the overloading of the website where people could register to vote in the coming EU referendum, government is apparently considering how it can extend the deadline (which expired at midnight) by a day:

    Mr Cameron said […]

    Tags: elections, electoral commission, government, legislation, parliament
  • Let’s have proper no-fault divorce

    Carl Gardner
    March 11, 2016

    MPs are due today to debate the principle of Richard Bacon MP’s No-fault Divorce Bill.

    What’s interesting about this bill is how very unradical it is. When we talk about “no fault divorce” most of us mean taking […]

    Tags: divorce, family, parliament
  • The strange, slow death of the criminal courts charge

    Carl Gardner
    December 7, 2015

    The criminal courts charge is, or was, one of the less well thought-through criminal justice reforms of recent years. Since April this year, courts have had a duty under section 21A of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 […]

    Tags: crime, government, legislation, parliament
  • The killing of Reyaad Khan: Britain’s letter to the UN

    Carl Gardner
    September 10, 2015

    A row has broken out since the publication of the letter from the UK to the UN, in which the British permanent representative reports the drone strike that killed Reyaad Khan to the UN Security Council as required […]

    Tags: "Islamic State", government, international, parliament, syria
  • Law and the killing of Reyaad Khan

    Carl Gardner
    September 7, 2015

    This afternoon in the House of Commons the Prime Minister told MPs that Reyaad Khan, the “Islamic State” fighter from Cardiff, was killed in Syria in a targeted RAF drone strike. His death was reported some days ago […]

    Tags: attorney general, constitution, conventions, crime, human rights, international, parliament, right to life
  • Psychoactive substances: Labour’s February 2015 amendment to the Serious Crime Bill

    Carl Gardner
    June 8, 2015

    Anyone following the progress of the Psychoactive Substances Bill (the general principle of which which be debated on Second Reading in the House of Lords tomorrow) may be interested in this amendment tabled by Labour’s Home Affairs team (as “NC21”) […]

    Tags: crime, government, legislation, parliament
  • And another thing …
    (about the Psychoactive Substances Bill)

    Carl Gardner
    June 3, 2015

    One of the things some people claim shows the bill is “badly drafted” is the way exemptions are written for caffeine and alcohol.

    Our newly-elected government aren’t the brightest bunch. Psychoactive Substances Bill “exemption” for caffeine: […]

    Tags: crime, government, legislation, parliament
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