1. The Coronavirus Act 2020 received Royal Assent on 25th March 2020. It passed swiftly through the law-making process for obvious...
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The government, the NHS and regulators including the General Medical Council (“GMC”) and the Nursing and Midwifery Council (“NMC”) have...
A number of unprecedented powers to restrict and control our behaviour and freedom of movement have been introduced by the government in...
The Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020) has now been passed. However not all the provisions have yet come into force. The amendments to the...
The Coronavirus Act 2020 was given royal assent by the Queen on 25 March 2020, and so it is now on our statute books. The 329-page...
Update 29 March 2020: This post relates to the Coronavirus Bill 2020. For more on the Coronavirus Act 2020, and when the below provisions...
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This is a summary of guidance from international human rights bodies in relation to the protection of the rights of people with...
Update 29 March 2020: This post relates to the Coronavirus Bill 2020. For more on the Coronavirus Act 2020, and when the below provisions...
This post considers two pieces of legislation which aim to address the Coronavirus pandemic in England and Wales. The first is the...
The Court of Appeal today handed down judgment in Andreewitch v Moutreuil [2020] EWCA Civ 382. The courts have long since recognised the...
The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture has recently released a report about psychological torture. Nils Melzer, Professor of Law at the...