3 January 2019
Care homes take heed: if you have failed to pay the ICO data protection fee you could be breaking the law
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has commenced formal enforcement action against care homes that have failed to pay the data protection fee.
12 December 2018
Judicial review and secondary legislation: What power does the court have to fix broken legislation?
In the fourth post in our Public Law team’s blog series, Emily Carter examines the powers of the court to review the hundreds of pieces of secondary legislation being swiftly created in preparation for Brexit.
24 October 2018
How does secondary legislation come into force? The enactment of secondary legislation and the impact on subsequent litigation
Many who voted for Brexit did so to ‘Take Back Control’ from the EU, but who will legislative control pass to after Exit Day and what are the possible consequences for our constitution and for all of us? In the third post in our Public Law team’s blog series Fred Allen outlines the processes by which secondary legislation is enacted and examines how these might affect judicial scrutiny. Follow our Public Law blog for more.
18 October 2018
Modern Slavery Act 2015: Under Review
Since its implementation, the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (“the MSA”) has not only increased public and corporate awareness of slavery in the modern day but has focused the government’s and Crown Prosecution Service’s (“CPS”) attention and resources towards fighting people trafficking, modern slavery, organised immigration crime and forced labour.
19 September 2018
What is secondary legislation and why do we have it?
Many who voted for Brexit did so to ‘Take Back Control’ from the EU, but who will legislative control pass to after Exit Day and what are the possible consequences for our constitution and for all of us? In the second post in our Public Law team’s series Nick Wrightson outlines why secondary legislation is necessary in modern Britain. See our Public Law Blog for more.