UK Supreme Court muddies the waters on deprivation of liberty, as safeguards are stripped away ~ punkacademic ~ The Supreme Court last week ruled o…
No consent to confinement
Tag: Law
Palestine Action: A victory we shouldn’t have needed
It’s been a rare good month for the forces of not-enabling-mass-murder, as the proscription of Palestine Action is (for now) ruled out of order ~…
Anarchism and Law
The recently published brochure Anarchistisch Recht explores ‘anarchist law’ as a collective term for furthering critiques of the socia…
Scrapping the Vagrancy Act
The criminalisation of homelessness and poverty is not truly ending—only being reshaped ~ Tony ~ On 10 June 2025 the Government confirmed it …
How the UK is shaping a future of Precrime and dissent management
Algorithms, facial recognition, and tightening protest laws signal a deepening surveillance state ~ Blade Runner ~ The UK is expanding its use of p…
It’s my party and I’ll die if I want to
Assisted suicide should not be illegal – but the living and dying both deserve a better world ~ Ryan Essex ~ The UK Parliament is tomorrow set to…
Roger, Roger, Public Nuisance
Public Nuisance and Conspiracy are as old as the hills — what’s changed is the convention that peaceful protesters are treated leniently
Backing the briefs
So the first all out strike of the fuel/ inflation crisis is The Barristers!
The “Ziegler” case: What does it mean for direct action?
As the Stop The Arms Fair week of action gets into full swing, Carl Spender and Kat Hobbs take a look the story of a 4 year legal battle over a cla…
Don’t want to get arrested before a demo? Then don’t publicise a plan to break the law!
The raid on Animal/Extinction Rebellion’s warehouse shows why you shouldn’t publicly broadcast plans to break the law.
Legal News Digest: Nov-Dec 2020
From the legislative war on sex workers to new rules governing criminal record disclosure, Carl Spender is here with a round-up of the last month&#…
Government plans major crackdown on the right to protest
The Conservative government is planning to introduce major changes to public order legislation to crack down on protests, under a new “Protection…
Lockdown 2: Are protests legal?
I’ll keep this brief, as whatever I say here will no doubt be out of date within a week.
Boris’ Sentencing Bonanza – Part One
This week, the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Robert “fuck the law” Buckland QC, launched a new white paper A Smar…
Legal: Do the new coronavirus restrictions make protests illegal?
Update 16/09/20 – Shortly after the article below was published, the government reduced the maximum size of (most) legal gatherings from 30 t…
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The Case of the Spinning Judge
Imagine what it feels like to sentence war resisters as terrorists ~ Tabitha Troughton ~ My smallish eyes blink, and my central incisors catch the …
Heavy repression in Geneva as G7 summit opens
Over 60,000 people faced tear-gas and an overnight kettle in protests against meeting of the world’s richest states ~ Gabriel Fonten ~ Tens o…
Antifascists mobilise after racist pogroms
The UK far-right surge builds on deep-rooted resentment and social fragmentation ~ Blade Runner ~ Antifascists on Saturday (13 June) mobilised agai…
Filton sentencing explainer
De-proscribing Palestine Action will not make a difference to the “Terrorism connection” enhancement ~ Andy Meinke ~ The Filton defenda…
No consent to confinement
UK Supreme Court muddies the waters on deprivation of liberty, as safeguards are stripped away ~ punkacademic ~ The Supreme Court last week ruled o…
