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From the PBL Area in the Law and Sociology Building to the Piazza where law students convene for seminars and plenaries, there is seldom a moment that isn’t tense. As text books and laptops are arranged like cards and chips, wagers are put forth as bids for 2:1s and first classes are made to secure much coveted vacation schemes, mini-pulillages and training contracts………
With the fall term past, and now part of the University of York’s illustrious 49 year history, numerous societies around campus have wasted little time seeking to expand their current memberships, and to organize events to engage the university’s greater student body in an academic year that will be free of Covid Regulations…..
As students rush to finish their formatives before heading home for the holidays, the Christmas Market is once again in full swing. With hot chocolate and mulled wine finding their way into eager hands and mouths thirsting to drown, yet enliven, the whole of York City Centre……
Issue 2024
The past decade has seen revolutionary change regarding how domestic violence is conceptualised within law and subsequent UK legislative frameworks. There has arguably been a shift regarding our understanding of the law in this sphere, and the responsibilities it should offer to those who have previously been hidden from their right to life and safety within the criminal justice system. One such victim, whose tragic fate emphasised the lack of care and attention public bodies-like the police-afford to victims of domestic violence was Clare Wood.
Originally formed as the Secret Service Bureau, MI5 came into being in 1909 as a single organisation consisting of only two members. This was in response to the threat of German spies infiltrating the UK. Now, more than a century later, MI5 has over 5000 recruits in their employment, reflecting the growing appreciation by the UK government of MI5 as a system to protect national security against threats such as espionage, terrorism, and sabotage.
Issue 2023
When Sabine Baring-Gould wrote of the spirit of Old Crockern (variously described as either the God or spectral protector of Dartmoor) driving a farmer to ruin after he moved from Manchester and attempted to enclose a section of the Moor for his own benefit, it is unlikely……
In general, within the UK, inheritance tax is paid on the estate, meaning the property, money, and possessions, of a person who has passed away. At the time of writing this article, inheritance tax rate in the UK stands at 40% and is charged on…..
I spoke with Ryan Dunleavy, Partner at Harcus Parker, who is leading the Student Group Claim. I asked him some questions about the legal basis for the claims and how they are moving forward. I have summarised his responses……
Issue 2022
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……
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…
Issue 2020
The increased number of UK COVID-19 cases [1] has updated national lockdown measures and created new laws to protect the well-being of the population [2]. Nonetheless, it creates a dangerous legal precedent when the government uses COVID-19 as an excuse for furthering its powers.
Professor Westmorland has argued that we are ‘surrounded by messages that serve to minimize and hide sexual violence and dismiss the experience of survivors’ [1]. This can certainly be seen to be reflected in the history of English law, which disregarded the act of rape once a woman was no longer a virgin, having already ‘lost her virtue’ [2].
Alexander Lukashenko, whose legitimacy has been recently questioned by world leaders, has retained his decades-long position as the leader of Belarus [1], allegedly winning 80% of the votes [2]. On the night after the election, internet access was blocked [3]; people flowed into the streets in disagreement, which resulted in brutal clashes with the police [4].
Prisoners are demonstrated to be a vulnerable group and a product of forced labour and modern slavery in the UK, as a result of the legislation and inefficient protection of prisoners surrounding the cheap, manual labour that prisoners conduct. While a prisoner is ‘required to do useful work for not more than 10 hours a day’ for the ‘Prison Service’s own internal market’ and the ‘private companies’ that prisoners work for, they can be viewed as being the victims of enslavement by the state and those companies.