This Note sets out some of the hidden implications, if the IRGC was proscribed as a terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Evidence
Non-Jury Trials in Northern Ireland
Terrorism Content: Children Need More Protection than Adults
Response to OFCOM consultation on illegal content
National Security Bill Part 3
Missing Pieces: Terrorism Legislation and the Online Safety Bill
A Note on why the incorporation of terrorism legislation into the current draft of Online Safety Bill is ineffective.
Response to Schedule 7 Code Consultation
Key point concerns interaction between ‘small boats’, proposed new immigration offence, and self-incrimination.
Response to further Terrorism Sentencing Consultation
The Sentencing Council is consulting on its amended guidelines following changes made by the Counter-Terrorism Sentencing Act 2021.
Consultation Response: Biometrics
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is consulting on abolishing the separate office of Biometrics Commissioner. The quasi-judicial function of the Biometrics Commissioner is one of the safeguards applying to examinations at ports and the Northern Ireland border under Schedule 7 Terrorism Act 2000.
TPIM consultation response
Support for the regime but caveat about legal aid position
Northern Ireland Non-Jury Trials
My response to Northern Ireland Office consultation on renewal of non-jury trials (“Diplock Courts”) in Northern Ireland for a further 2 years.