Consultations
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Law Society response to RIPA consultation: equipment interference and interception of communications codes of practice
The right to communicate with your lawyer without fear of your computer being bugged or your messages intercepted by the security and intelligence services is basic to the functioning of the justice system and the rule of law. The Law Society’s response to the government’s consultation on the Regulation ...
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Law Society provides evidence to investigatory powers review
In providing evidence to the investigatory powers review, the Law Society has called for a revision and clarification of the UK’s regulatory framework for investigatory powers. The evidence focused on the following key points: need for greater clarity need for proportionality respect for privacy the changing nature of technology ...
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Law Society respond to call for evidence on the draft Modern Slavery Bill
Background The Joint Committee The committee is comprised of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords and has been formed to scrutinise the Government’s draft Modern Slavery Bill and make recommendations for its improvement The draft Modern Slavery Bill The draft Bill proposes to consolidate and simplify ...
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‘Longer-term future of the system of the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights’
The Law Society has responded to an open call for information, proposals and views from the Council of Europe’s Committee of experts on the reform of the European Court of Human Rights (DH-GDR). The open call was for information, proposals and views on the issue of the longer-term reform of ...