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Criminal law

  • Insight

    Ethnicity and the criminal justice system: What does recent data say on over-representation?

    Friday, 02 October, 2020

    This Insight looks at how different ethnic groups compared statistically in areas such as convictions, sentencing lengths, types of offence, pleas and at the bench in 2019 across England and Wales.

    • Insight
    • Criminal law
    • Justice
  • Research Briefing

    Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill 2019-21

    Tuesday, 22 September, 2020

    The Government presented the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill on 18 March 2020, thereby meeting its 100-day self imposed deadline. Second Reading has been scheduled for 23 September 2020. Aspects of the Bill are already generating controversy.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Criminal law
    • Defence policy
    • Institutions
    • International law
  • Research Briefing

    Sentencing Bill [HL] 2019-21

    Tuesday, 22 September, 2020

    The Sentencing Bill [HL] 2019-21 would introduce a sentencing code. It was introduced in the House of Commons on 9 September 2020 and is due to have its second reading and all remaining stages on 30 September 2020.

    • Research Briefing
    • Criminal law
  • Research Briefing

    Magnitsky legislation

    Monday, 20 July, 2020

    Stronger legislation providing for sanctions against corrupt officials who commit gross human rights abuse has been passed, and the UK's first Magnitsky sanctions have been announced...

    • Research Briefing
    • Criminal law
    • Institutions
  • Research Briefing

    Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill 2019-21: Progress of the Bill

    Friday, 17 July, 2020

    The Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill 2019-21 has completed its Committee stage and is due to have its Report stage and Third Reading on Tuesday 21 July 2020.

    • Research Briefing
    • Criminal law
    • Security
  • Research Briefing

    Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill 2019-21

    Monday, 08 June, 2020

    The Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill was introduced on 20 May 2020. Second Reading in the House of Commons is due to take place on 9 June 2020.

    • Research Briefing
    • Criminal law
    • Security
  • Research Briefing

    The UK-EU future relationship negotiations: summary of positions

    Wednesday, 03 June, 2020

    The tables in this paper provide a summary of the UK and EU positions in the future relationship negotiations, based on their proposed draft treaty texts and other publicly available statements

    • Research Briefing
    • Asylum
    • Aviation
    • Business
    • Climate change
    • Criminal law
    • Defence policy
    • Economy
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Farming and fishing
    • Finance
    • Government
    • Immigration
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • International law
    • International trade
    • Parliament
    • Roads
    • Sciences
    • The EU
    • Work and incomes
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    The Law Officers: a Constitutional and Functional Overview

    Thursday, 28 May, 2020

    This paper provides an overview of the constitutional status and functions of the law officers of the United Kingdom. This includes the law officers of the UK Government and those that advise the three devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

    • Research Briefing
    • Civil law
    • Criminal law
    • Devolution
    • Government
    • Justice
    • Parliament
  • Research Briefing

    The UK-EU future relationship: the March 2020 EU draft treaty and negotiations update

    Wednesday, 27 May, 2020

    This paper provides an update on the first three rounds of negotiations on the future UK-EU relationship and analysis of the draft new partnership treaty tabled by the EU in March 2020

    • Research Briefing
    • Animals
    • Aviation
    • Business
    • Climate change
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
    • Defence policy
    • Economic policy
    • Economy
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Farming and fishing
    • Government
    • Immigration
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • International trade
    • Roads
    • Sciences
    • Tax
    • The EU
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    Domestic Abuse Bill 2019-20

    Thursday, 23 April, 2020

    This briefing provides an overview of the Domestic Abuse Bill in advance of its second reading on 28 April 2020.

    • Research Briefing
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
  • Insight

    Coronavirus: Domestic abuse

    Friday, 03 April, 2020

    • Insight
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
    • Diseases
    • Family law
    • Police
    • Covid-19
  • Research Briefing

    Coronavirus Bill: implications for the courts and tribunals

    Monday, 23 March, 2020

    The Coronavirus Bill includes provisions to expand the availability of video and audio link in criminal court proceedings. It also makes it easier to broadcast civil, family and tribunal proceedings by video or audio link. These provisions, as with the rest of the Bill, are temporary.

    • Research Briefing
    • Civil law
    • Criminal law
    • Institutions
    • Parliament
    • Covid-19
  • Research Briefing

    Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL] 2019-20

    Friday, 13 March, 2020

    The Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Bill [HL] 2019-21 (the “Pre-consolidation Bill”) was introduced in the House of Commons on 4 March 2020 and is due to be considered in Second Reading Committee on 17 March 2020.

    • Research Briefing
    • Criminal law
  • Insight

    Brexit next steps: The European Arrest Warrant

    Thursday, 20 February, 2020

    • Insight
    • Crime
    • Criminal law
    • Police
    • The EU
    • Brexit
  • Debate Pack

    The law on assisted dying

    Wednesday, 22 January, 2020

    This pack has been prepared ahead of the debate to be held on the law on assisted dying in Westminster Hall at 3pm on Thursday 23 January 2020. The debate will be opened by Christine Jardine MP.

    • Debate Pack
    • Criminal law
    • Health
    • Justice

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