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A comparative analysis of the suitability of U.K and EU copyright law for protecting computer generated work
For technologists and aspiring intellectual property (IP) lawyers alike, the question of IP - specifically copyright - law's application to computer-generated work may be of interest given technological developments. This article will briefly explain……
An Interview with Joe Tomlinson: the Effect of Digital Immigration Status
Early in March I interviewed Joe Tomlinson, a senior lecturer in public law at the University of York. His extensive research focuses on administrative law and justice. When…
The Anti-Refugee Bill
Under clause 9 of Priti Patel’s Nationality and Borders Bill, currently at the committee stage in the House of Lords, the Home Office will no longer be required to tell someone if their citizenship is being removed. [1] This infamous clause has gained…
'Marriage Penalties' for the Disabled: the Forgotten Marriage Inequality
While marriage equality has come a long way in the past few decades, with same-sex marriage being legalised in 2014, for disabled people the fight is far from over. [1] While the law does not explicitly prevent…
A Taxpayer’s Intention Will Now Determine HMRC’s Discovery Timeline
In RRC v Tooth [1] , the Supreme Court ruled that disclosures in the ‘white space’ of a tax filing may substantiate a legal defensible position against a deliberate inaccuracy. The impact of this…
The Decriminalisation of Pornography
Almost 50% of adults in the UK admit to watching porn, but how and to what extent is it regulated? [1] Traditionally, the UK has taken a different approach to regulate pornography compared to other democratic western societies. In some ways, the approach taken can be regarded as more restrictive, prudent even…
Revisiting McEwan’s ‘The Children Act’, would it end the same way today?
Written by Ian McEwan, The Children Act presents a remarkably common challenge faced by
the courts when overriding refusals of medical treatment [1]. I intend to…
The Criminalisation of Climate Activism
In recent years, the climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion has repeatedly been
branded as a terrorist organisation. In November 2019, Counter-Terrorism Policing South East
(CTPSE) included the group in…
Why the US’ Counter-Terrorism Strategies in Afghanistan Cannot be Seen as a Success
What the world witnessed in Afghanistan last year can be described as a shocking state of events after two decades of US occupation. The ‘War on Terror’ that we have witnessed…
Where Does the Texas ‘Heartbeat’ Bill Fit in International Human Rights Law?
The formative first sentence of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
states that ‘all human beings are born free and equal’ [1]. It is therefore inconceivable…
The Caroline Lowbridge Article: BBC-Approved Transphobia and the Law
On 26 October 2021, BBC News published an article by Caroline Lowbridge claiming that lesbians are ‘being pressured into sex with trans women’, painting a worrying picture…
Global Minimum 15% Corporation Tax Targets Digital Companies
Globalisation and digitalisation have facilitated legal tax avoidance by allowing multi-national enterprises (MNEs) to shift profits to low or no tax jurisdictions. This has impacted domestic tax revenues…
COVID-19 on the High Street: how has the Government helped?
The high street has been suffering. In the time span between 2018 and 2019, 85,000 retail jobs were estimated to be lost [1]. In 2018, 64% of consumers expected…
The Legal Development of a Gay Identity and Rights Culture
Before homosexuality was criminalised by the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, it was
pathologised as a symptom of sexual deviance [1]. Once this was accepted…
The Return of the West Lothian Question
The West Lothian Question is a reference to the perceived imbalance between the voting
rights of MPs from England compared to MP’s whose constituencies form a part of the
devolved administrations of the United Kingdom [1]. This imbalance…