Tag: investigatory powers
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Joe Tomlinson: Ouster Clauses Inside-out
Last week’s decision in R (Privacy International) v Investigatory Powers Tribunal [2017] EWHC 114 (Admin) gained immediate attention among public lawyers (see Paul Daly’s blog article here and Mark Elliott’s blog article here). The case revolved around section 67(8) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, which provided that: Except to such extent as the Secretary of State may…
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Byron Karemba: The Investigatory Powers Bill: Introducing Judicial Scrutiny of Surveillance Warrants and the Broader Constitutional Context (Part III)
This post follows Parts I & II commenting on aspects of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner to be setup by the Investigatory Powers Bill currently before the House of Lords. A Change of Historical Proportion On 11 February 1573, the Principal Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham entered into his journal: “I…
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Tom Hickman: The Investigatory Powers Bill: What’s Hot and What’s Not?
Editors’ Note: This unusually long post addresses an abnormally large bill on an exceptionally important topic. We hope readers will appreciate the reasons for departing from our normal practice regarding length, particularly in light of its quality. Introduction The Investigatory Powers Bill will completely update and bring welcome transparency to UK law relating to the…