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...
The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) in its report in response to the draft Investigatory Powers Bill (the Bill) said, “Overall, the privacy protections are inconsistent and in our view need strengthening. We recommend that an additional Part be included in...
The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has published its report on the Investigatory Powers Bill (the Bill). The scope of the report is limited to the work of the intelligence agencies: the Joint Committee will examine all other aspects of the Bill and is due...
The case of Re: McE (Northern Ireland) [2009] UKHL 15 which led to the introduction of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Extension of Authorisation Provisions: Legal Consultations) Order 2010 and, in part, the revision of the Code of Practice on Covert...
Capturing the images of children, whether by the press or the state, is fraught with difficulty. The Supreme Court considered the issue recently in Re: J38 [2015] UKSC 42 but even it was unable to agree. Its importance in the operational planning of covert...
