by sandydutczak | Aug 27, 2021 | IALS, Legal News
On 28 August 1833, the Act to abolish slavery was given Royal Assent. Its full bill title was An Act for the Abolition of Slavery throughout the British Colonies; for promoting the Industry of the manumitted Slaves; and for compensating the Persons hitherto entitled...
by sandydutczak | Aug 12, 2021 | IALS, Legal News, Publications
The case of Arjun Panditrao Khotkar v Kailash Kushanrao Gorantyal* in the Indian Supreme Court Some observations By Stephen Mason, co-author of Mason and Seng Electronic Evidence and Electronic Signatures, 5th edn published 1 August 2021 and available to...
by sandydutczak | Jul 20, 2021 | Legal News
The Sexual Offences bill received Royal Assent on 27 July 1967 and permitted homosexual acts between consenting adults over the age of 21 Sexual Offences Act 1967 After several attempts to introduce homosexual reform, Lord Arran introduced the Bill in the House of...
by sandydutczak | Jul 15, 2021 | Legal News
By Elliot Tyler – reposted with permission from The Justice Gap Criminal defence lawyers were urged to educate themselves at the launch of a guide designed to ‘support legal representatives to be antiracist’ from acting for clients in the police station through...
by sandydutczak | Jul 2, 2021 | Legal News, Research
By Dr Samantha Currie, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Liverpool Survivors of trafficking, or other forms of ‘modern slavery’, can benefit considerably from legal advice and representation. Research led by Samantha Currie at the University of Liverpool’s School...
by sandydutczak | Jun 3, 2021 | Legal News
By Dr Nora Ni Loideain Director and Lecturer in Law, Information Law & Policy Centre, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. On 25 May 2021, the ECtHR Grand Chamber delivered two landmark judgments in Big Brother Watch v United...
by sandydutczak | May 28, 2021 | Legal News
By Enrico Albanesi, Associate Professor of Constitutional Law, Department of Law, University of Genoa, Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal studies, University of London A special issue of The Theory and Practice of Legislation (Vol. 9, Issue 2,...