While the Illegal Migration Act 2023 received royal assent on 20 July, it was not accompanied by a declaration under the Human Rights Act 2003 that its provisions are compatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (‘the ECHR’), but with an “ECHR memorandum” stating that the government was of the view that
James Alleyne was recently asked to talk to an international audience in London about the UK’s position on regulating the crypto-space. Here is what he said:
A recent survey estimated that 4.2 million people, approximately 6.2% of the UK population, currently own cryptocurrency with almost half having invested in the last year.
The proliferation of
Now that we have a new Prime Minister in situ, attention has quickly turned to Liz Truss’ actual policy agenda. Many comments have been devoted to the list of challenges she faces – every bit as serious as those encountered by almost any of the post-war Prime Ministers with the possible exception of James Callaghan.
On 16 November the CJEU delivered its judgment following the publication of the Advocate General’s opinion on the UK-Ireland extradition questions which we wrote about here. The decision concerned the mechanisms for extradition to the UK from Ireland in two scenarios (1) under the terms of the withdrawal agreement from 1 February to 31
On 9 November 2021 Advocate General Kokott handed down her opinion in respect of Case C-479/21 concerning Mr Sn and Mr Sd following a reference from the Irish Supreme Court which was made on 3 August 2021. Her opinion stated that the provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement and TCA which ensure the continuation of the
Back in December 2020, Boris Johnson was keen to impress upon us that the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement would in practice be a “cakeist treaty,” meaning that it would allow the UK to have its cake and eat it.
Much has happened since the PM expressed this aspiration. In the space of 9
Rebecca Niblock & Edward Grange (Corker Binning) examine the key changes & similarities to extradition law following Brexit.
In 2013, we wrote a practitioner’s guide to extradition law (Extradition Law: A Practitioner’s Guide, Legal