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Dr Laura Lammasniemi of Warwick Law School explores the history of consent

Fri, 22 Sep 2023 09:47:03 GMT

Dr Laura Lammasniemi of Warwick Law School explores the history of consent and how understanding this can help tackle modern day issues in courtrooms on 'The Age of Consent' podcast.

Expert Comment: UK announces sanctions against Bosnian-Serb politicians for ‘undermining peace’

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:56:20 GMT

Dr Andi Hoxhaj of Warwick Law, a specialist in anti-corruption law and policy, civil society, European integration, Western Balkans and regulatory law and policy, comments on the news that the UK has announced sanctions on Milorad Dodik, Bosnian-Serb member of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state-level Presidency, and Zeljka Cvijanovic, President of the entity of Republika Srpska, "for their destabilising activity in Bosnia and Herzegovina."

Laws governing weddings are outdated and too restrictive in contemporary society, new research shows

Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:19:23 GMT

Current laws governing weddings are too outdated and restrictive and do not reflect the diversity of faith and beliefs in modern society, a new report from experts at the Universities of Warwick and Exeter highlights.

Expert Comment: G7 countries should create better vaccine supply chains

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:10:00 GMT

Dr Sharifah Sekalala from Warwick School of Law comments on Unicef's call to G7 countries to begin distributing vaccines now rather than waiting and sending surplus doses in one go.

"Countries in the G7 should avoid a model in which they think about dumping excess vaccines in developing countries and instead think about creating better supply chains."

What is the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act and why is it changing?

Fri, 14 May 2021 13:41:56 GMT

The Government announced in the Queen’s Speech that it is going to deliver on its manifesto commitment to repeal the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011. The Labour Party manifesto also promised to repeal the Act on the grounds that it had stifled democracy and propped up weak governments. Depending on your point of view, this is either a power grab by the prime minister to secure partisan advantage or a welcome step to get rid of a badly designed constitutional anomaly, explains Wyn Grant, Professor Emeritus in Warwick's PAIS and expert on British Politics.

Expert Comment - UK asylum overhaul "inaccurate, unrealistic"

Wed, 24 Mar 2021 13:43:13 GMT

The UK government's Home Secretary, Priti Patel, has today announced a new system for people seeking asylum in Britain. Read the story here on BBC News.

Professor Dallal Stevens, an expert on asylum from the School of Law at the University of Warwick, comments:

"Home Secretary, Priti Patel, clearly has no understanding of UK asylum law and policy, or its history. If she did, she would realise that much of what she is proposing is either (a) inaccurate, (b) unrealistic, (c) existed previously or (d) unlikely to achieve her goals."

Expert comment - G7 discusses vaccine donation scheme

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 09:21:43 GMT

Global health ethics expert Dr Sharifah Sekalala of Warwick Law School discusses the proposal that G7 countries should donate "surplus" COVID-19 vaccines.

Competition and Markets Authority fines Comparethemarket.com - competition law expert comments

Wed, 02 Dec 2020 11:12:00 GMT

Price comparison website Comparethemarket.com has been fined £17.9 million by the UK Competition and Markets Authority for breach of UK Competition Law. Here, Dr Kathryn McMahon of Warwick Law School explains the issues behind the case - and why this ruling is a break from previous practice by the CMA.

Expert Comment on the "Coronavirus Bill"

Fri, 20 Mar 2020 11:23:37 GMT

Global health law expert Dr Sharifah Sekalala from the University of Warwick School of Law takes a look at the emergency legislation expected in Parliament next week:

"Covid-19 has been recognised by the WHO as global public health pandemic. Its epicentre is now in Europe, with the death toll in Italy eclipsing that of China. Many governments have been caught unawares by the scale of the crisis and have brought in or are bringing in emergency legislation to try to stop its spread. However, emergency laws are always a blunt instrument, they are made when we all scared and vulnerable and we need to ensure that we don’t give up too many of our human rights or make them the new normal."

Expert Comment: Should Government consider a generalised stay of enforcement of financial covenants?

Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:59:46 GMT

Dr Stephen Connelly, Associate Professor at Warwick Law School, discusses the risks of defaulting on financial covenants and what could be done to help:

"I would urge Government and the Bank of England to consider measures to lessen the pressure on corporates to satisfy financial covenants, perhaps by means of a generalised stay of enforcement of these financial obligations"