View the latest information on this bill at Parliament’s website The Defamation Bill is a Private Members’ Bill, introduced by Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC, with the aim of wide-ranging reform of the law of defamation. JUSTICE Briefing – House of Lords Second Reading – July 2010  

This bill contained a range of policing, crime and security measures. It received Royal Assent of 8 April 2010 and became the Crime and Security Act 2010. See the bill’s passage through Parliament. JUSTICE Briefing – House of Lords Second Reading – March 2010 JUSTICE Briefing – House of Commons Report Stage (suggested amendments) – March […]

On Monday 1 March 2010, the House of Commons debated the extension of the control order regime under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 for a further twelve months. JUSTICE Briefing – House of Commons debate – March 2010  

JUSTICE briefing and suggested amendments to the European Protection Order, an initiative of the Spanish presidency on the issue of vulnerable victims. JUSTICE Briefing – European Protection Order – February 2010  

This bill received Royal Assent on 12 November 2009 and became the Coroners and Justice Act 2009. See the bill’s passage through Parliament. JUSTICE Briefing – House of Lords Report Stage (with amendments) – October 2009 Joint NGO Briefing – House of Lords Report Stage (genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity) – October 2009 Joint NGO Briefing – House of Lords Report […]

This bill drew together a number of disparate policy issues on policing and crime. It received Royal Assent of 12 November 2009 and became the Policing and Crime Act 2009. See the bill’s passage though Parliament. JUSTICE Briefing – House of Lords Report Stage – October 2009 JUSTICE Briefing – House of Lords Committee Stage – […]

JUSTICE briefing and suggested amendments for Presidency draft of the ‘Stockholm Programme’ (Multi-annual programme for an area of Freedom, Security and Justice serving the citizen). JUSTICE Briefing and Suggested Amendments – Presidency Draft, ‘Stockholm Programme’ – October 2009  

Briefing and suggested amendments. JUSTICE Briefing and Amendments – September 2009

The bill received Royal Assent on 21 July 2009 and became the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009. The bill included measures on citizenship and child protection from the earlier Draft Immigration and Citizenship Bill. See the bill’s passage through Parliament. Letter to Home Secretary re ‘Path to Citizenship’ – 9 July 2009 JUSTICE Briefing – […]

JUSTICE briefing for House of Commons debate on renewal of control order regime under Draft Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in Force of Sections 1 to 9) Order 2009. JUSTICE Briefing for House of Commons Debate – February 2009