Key point concerns interaction between ‘small boats’, proposed new immigration offence, and self-incrimination.
Features
Terrorism Acts Online: request for information
Government Response to Terrorism Acts in 2019 report
The government has accepted 11 out of 13 of the recommendations in my second annual report.
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
Speech: What is the threat to the UK today? (Bright Blue, 7 July 2021)
Mental Health Practitioners and Terrorist Risk
Talk at Forensic Network Scotland event on 29 June 2021
3 Aspects of UK Law and Policy on Right Wing Terrorism
Speech to Global Counterterrorism Forum on 21 April 2021: