by sandydutczak | Dec 22, 2021 | Legal News
In 1647 Parliament passed an Ordinance which resulted in the complete abolition of Christmas celebrations An Ordinance for Abolishing of Festivals [8 June 1647] * “That the said Feast of the Nativity of Christ, Easter and Whitsuntide and all other Festival days,...
by sandydutczak | Nov 16, 2021 | Legal News
The Children Act received Royal Assent on 16 November 1989 At the time of its enactment, the Children Act was designed to be a dramatic departure in relation to the previous legislation as it centred around the fact that children are best cared for within their own...
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 | 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,...
by sandydutczak | May 21, 2021 | General, Legal News
Many more ‘spying cops’ without proper controls By Tim Baldwin, barrister at Garden Court Chambers The CHIS Act is an Act of Parliament sponsored by the Home Office which will make provisions for and authorise criminal conduct in the course of, or in connection...