GCN Webinar this Thursday at 4:30pm: On police powers and the Coronavirus Act 2020: is Lord Sumption right?

5 April 2020

In this new age of the Coronavirus, where innocent pastimes attract police attention and arguably sensible measures to enforce social distancing may result in police fines, Pete Weatherby Q.C., Mira Hammad, Christian Weaver and Mark George Q.C. discuss police powers under the Coronavirus Act 2020, what they mean and how they have been implemented so far.

Is Lord Sumption right: have we entered a police state or are the police doing no more than is necessary to keep us all safe?

This webinar is provided for free, and will take place remotely.

Please click here to register.

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GCN Webinar this Thursday at 4:30pm: On police powers and the Coronavirus Act 2020: is Lord Sumption right?

5 April 2020

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Universal Credit rent deductions scheme declared unlawful by High Court

Amy Butcher: Coroner identifies “muddled and unclear system for the prescription of medication” and issues Prevention of Future Deaths report to the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care

Child defendant indicted for the attempted murder of her friend is sentenced to a Youth Rehabilitation Order.

Court of Appeal dismisses Secretary of State’s appeal in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Versnick and Jarvis-Wingate [2024] EWCA Civ 1454 (29 November 2024)