Dame Elizabeth Gloster was called to the Bar, Inner Temple in 1971 and became a Bencher in 1992. She was appointed as a QC in 1989. From 1993-2004 she was a Judge of the Courts of Appeal of Jersey and Guernsey. She was a Recorder from 1995 until 2004. She was appointed as the Judge […]
Alexandra Marks
April 8, 2016
Alexandra Marks has had a career as a partner at Linklaters, practising in commercial property. Alexandra became a Recorder in 2002, is a Deputy High Court Judge and an Adjudicator for the Solicitors Regulation Authority. She is also a Past President of the City of London Law Society and a Board member of JUSTICE. […]
JUSTICE: Rushing the new Investigatory Powers Bill does nothing for public trust
March 2, 2016
On 1 March, the Government published the latest iteration of its Investigatory Powers Bill. The Bill will have its Second Reading in the House of Commons in the next two weeks. Since 2011, JUSTICE has called for a coherent, holistic rewrite of surveillance law to increase accountability and transparency, to provide clear powers necessary for […]
“Rights, liberties and values – Always read the label”, Angela Patrick at the University of Huddersfield
February 22, 2016
“Rights, liberties and values” – JUSTICE’s Director of Human Rights Policy on the Human Rights Act 1998 Our Director of Human Rights Policy, Angela Patrick, was invited to give the Third Annual Social Justice Lecture at the University of Huddersfield on 18 February 2016. The Annual lecture celebrates the work of the award-winning Huddersfield Legal […]
Time to think again – Draft Investigatory Powers Bill
February 12, 2016
JUSTICE welcomes the overwhelming Parliamentary consensus that the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill must be substantially redrafted to remove or revise overbroad, imprecise or vague powers and to strengthen crucial protections for individual privacy. Since 2011, JUSTICE has called for a coherent, holistic rewrite of surveillance law to increase accountability and transparency, to provide clear powers […]
Immigration Bill briefing for House of Lords Committee Stage
January 14, 2016
JUSTICE has produced a new briefing to inform the consideration of the Immigration Bill 2015-16 in the House of Lords Committee Stage, which is due to begin on Monday 18 January. JUSTICE’s previous briefings on this Bill have been quoted extensively during debates in both the House of Commons and the Lords, not least by Andy […]
The Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: Building a Surveillance Framework for a Digital Age?
November 6, 2015
Earlier this week, in anticipation of the publication of the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill, JUSTICE published Freedom from suspicion: Building a surveillance framework for a digital age. Since our 2011 call for wholesale reform, in Freedom from suspicion: Surveillance reform for a digital age; in the intervening four years, change has become not only timely, […]
Building a surveillance law fit for purpose – new JUSTICE publication
November 3, 2015
In 2011, JUSTICE published Freedom from Suspicion: Surveillance Reform for a Digital Age, a forward looking report on the failure of the surveillance framework in the UK to keep pace with changing technology, to the detriment of both individual privacy and the credibility of the work of our law enforcement and intelligence agencies. We recommended […]
New guide to judicial review reforms
October 21, 2015
New guide to judicial review reforms published by JUSTICE, The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and The Public Law Project JUSTICE today publishes “Judicial Review and the Rule of Law: An Introduction to the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015, Part 4”. The result of a collaborative project with The Bingham Centre for […]
Alison Saunders gives JUSTICE Tom Sargant Memorial Lecture
This year’s Tom Sargant Annual Memorial Lecture was given last night by Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders CB. Her lecture, The Crown Prosecution Service: Protector of victims’ and defendants’ rights, provided insights on the historical development of support for victims of crime, while ensuring safeguards were in place to main the defendants fair trial […]