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Queen's Speech for 2013 (May 20, 2013) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recently laid her annual speech before Parliament for 2013. ...

Topic: Legislative power
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Bill to Modernize Electoral System Considered (August 03, 2012) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

The Electoral Registration and Administration Bill 2012, sponsored by the United Kingdom's Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, is one of the ...

Topic: Elections
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Use of Pirate Bay File-Sharing Website Illegal, ISPs Required to Block Access (May 16, 2012) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

In February 2012, the High Court of England and Wales ruled that both the users and operators of The ...

Topic: Communications and electronic information
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Ruling Highlights (March 27, 2012) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

A woman who had been subject to a sustained period of domestic abuse by her husband was jailed for eight months ...

Topic: Criminal law and procedure
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Serious Organised Crime Agency Entitled to Civil Recovery of Money Laundering Proceeds (January 11, 2012) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

The

High Court of England and Wales recently ruled that the civil recovery process used by the Serious Organised Crime Agency ...

Topic: Administrative law
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Ministry of Defence Investigations in Iraq Not Independent Enough to Meet Human Rights Requirements (January 11, 2012) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

The Court of Appeal in England and Wales recently issued a judgment that the current mode of investigating allegations of abuse ...

Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Use of Conditional Fee Agreements Seen as Violation of European Convention on Human Rights (January 24, 2011) by Tariq Ahmad

On January 18, 2010, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), in MGN Limited v UK (application 39401/04) delivered a landmark ...

Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: European Court of Human Rights / United Kingdom

Ban on Tehrik-e-Taliban Under Terror Law Considered (January 20, 2011) by Krishan Nehra

The British Interior Minister, Theresa May, introduced an order in Parliament to ban the group Tehrik-e-Taliban. The order has to be ...

Topic: Terrorism
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Reform of Facilitated Returns Scheme Increases Cash-Incentive for Foreign National Prisoners to Return Home (November 23, 2010) by Kersi Shroff

In an attempt by the coalition government to address overcrowded prisons, foreign national prisoners serving time in the United Kingdom can ...

Topic: Criminal law and procedure
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill (November 09, 2010) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

The United Kingdom's coalition government is following up on its election campaign pledge and has introduced a Parliamentary Voting System and ...

Topic: Elections
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Controversial Terrorism Pre-Charge Detention Powers Rarely Utilized (November 01, 2010) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

The Government of the United Kingdom has published its quarterly statistical bulletin on the operation of a number of powers given ...

Topic: Terrorism
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Commission Warns Government over Legality of Its Torture Policy (October 06, 2010) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

In July 2010 the United Kingdom's coalition government released guidance that addresses the detention and interviewing of overseas detainees and gives ...

Topic: War crimes
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Civil Servants Prohibited from Cooperating with U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Investigation (September 16, 2010) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee is conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the release of Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the ...

Topic: Government employees
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Illegal Immigrant Jailed for £500,000 Tax Fraud (August 16, 2010) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

Dmytro Shepel, an illegal immigrant originally from Ukraine but living in the United Kingdom under a false Lithuanian identity and passport, ...

Topic: Taxation
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Stock Broker Fined £2.8 Million for Market Abuse (May 25, 2010) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the independent body in charge of regulating financial services in the United Kingdom, has issued the ...

Topic: Securities markets
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

New Coalition Government Publishes Policy Plans (May 25, 2010) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

The United Kingdom's new coalition government, formed by the Conservative Party and the Liberal Democrat Party after the May 2010 election ...

Topic: Legal systems
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

General Election Soon to Occur, with New Constituency Boundaries (May 06, 2010) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

On April 6, 2009, United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that a General Parliamentary Election (also commonly referred to as ...

Topic: Elections
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

Anti-Terrorism Detention Provisions Called Into Question (January 26, 2010) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

The United Kingdom's rocky road with its anti-terrorism legislation has continued with the High Court ruling that in the case of ...

Topic: Terrorism
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

British National Party Member Arrested on Suspicion of Terrorism (January 25, 2010) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

A member of the British National Party, a far right political party, has been jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty ...

Topic: Terrorism
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

New Supreme Court Opens for Business (October 09, 2009) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt

The new Supreme Court of the United Kingdom began operation on October 1, 2009. Its creation is designed to increase transparency ...

Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: United Kingdom

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Last updated: May 20, 2013