The press regulation jigsaw’s missing piece: writers
In Monday’s Lords debate about the new press regulation provisions inserted into the Crime and Courts Bill, one line stands out above all. Discussing an amendment about the vicarious liability of...
View ArticleAnd another thing … (about the Psychoactive Substances Bill)
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...
View ArticlePsychoactive substances: Labour’s February 2015 amendment to the Serious...
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...
View ArticleFirst Reading: Ellie Cumbo’s Ground of Divorce and Dissolution Bill
First Reading is a new regular feature in which I ask campaigners, writers and thinkers what law they’d change, if they could table their own “private person’s bill” in Parliament. My first guest is...
View ArticleFirst Reading: Ellie Cumbo on her Ground of Divorce and Dissolution Bill
I met the campaigner Ellie Cumbo earlier this week to discuss her Ground of Divorce and Dissolution Bill, published here yesterday. We talked about why she wants to bring in “no fault” divorce, how...
View ArticleWill Obamacare survive “destructive analysis”? King v Burwell in the US...
It may be on Thursday; it may be next week. But soon, the US Supreme Court will give its opinion in King v Burwell, a case on interpretation of the Affordable Care Act with huge potential consequences...
View ArticleThe strange, slow death of the criminal courts charge
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...
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Gove can roll his own smoking ban: R (Black) v Justice Secretary
Does the smoking ban in public places apply to prisons? No, the Court of Appeal has said, in a judgment today. The ruling doesn’t lay down any “groundbreaking” precedent (it has no wider legal effect...
View ArticleHow to extend the referendum voter registration deadline
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...
View ArticleThe draft EU (Voter Registration) Regulations 2016
Draft EU Referendum (Voter Registration) Regulations 2016 (PDF) Draft EU Referendum (Voter Registration) Regulations 2016 (Text) Here are the draft regulations that will (if approved by resolutions of...
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