The Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office (IPCO) has taken a further step in building confidence as the independent oversight body for surveillance activities by publishing its first Advisory Notice (AN) No. 1/2018 on “Approval of Warrants, Authorisations and...
At an event last year celebrating the unparalleled contribution made by Professor Clive Walker QC to the law, in particular in the fields of miscarriages of justice and terrorism, one of those present reflected that there seemed to be an absence in the modern criminal...
There has been a huge amount of authoritative commentary on the issue of disclosure in the aftermath of “near misses” like the Liam Allan case. Sadly, in the absence of the scrutiny that followed his case and others, it is unlikely there would be any significant...
Introduction The response in England and Wales to the sentencing of Gary Haggarty, a loyalist terrorist, who was facing over two hundred charges, including five of murder was somewhat and characteristically muted. Haggarty, who admitted the offences, was sentenced to...
Introduction The Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) was established under s. 65 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA). It is the only appropriate tribunal for the purposes of section 7 of Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) in relation to, insofar as...
