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The review, overseen by the UK Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation,聽, will examine the capabilities and powers required by law enforcement and intelligence agencies, as well as the regulatory framework within which those capabilities and powers should be exercised.

The students鈥� response results from observations and commentary on the Review at a series of meetings organised by members of the class. Visiting speakers, including Intelligence Services Commissioner,聽, Durham University professor聽, and Special Advocate,聽, joined the meetings, during which students discussed evidence already submitted to the review, as well as recommendations they would like to make.

One of the submission鈥檚 authors,聽, explained the process of preparing the submission: 鈥淭he idea to do the submission was originally suggested to us by Sir Mark Waller, one of our visiting speakers. Because the nature of our course is so unique in terms of its being taught by those involved in the actual development of national security law, we felt we would be well placed to make a contribution.

鈥淎fter having decided to put something together, we had several meetings in order to collate our ideas.聽Given that the聽law relating to investigatory power has strong implications for far-reaching concepts such as liberty and security, the meetings involved聽lots of lively debate.聽Though we all felt there were areas of the law relating to investigatory powers that could be improved. Luckily,聽we were largely in agreement about why certain changes were important and about the kind of improvements that would be most useful.鈥�

As a part of the Aspects of National Security Law module, convened by 果冻影院 Laws Reader in Public Law聽, students explore the tensions that occur between human rights and the rule of law when seeking to adjudicate national security issues, and analyse some of the systems and powers in place to support national security law. A main focus of the module is the聽聽relating to surveillance and sources, as well as the accountability of the intelligence services and the law on intelligence sharing.

Throughout the course, students engage with topical issues from the UK, with the opportunity to compare approaches taken by other countries, particularly the US, Canada and Australia.

Describing how preparing the submission has aided the group鈥檚 learning, Daniella said: 鈥淭he process of writing the submission was hugely valuable. It聽provided an opportunity to engage with the processes by which the law can be changed.

鈥淩ather than solely learning about the聽law as it currently exists, we had the opportunity to exchange ideas on how the law could be different. In this way, writing the submission helped us to critically evaluate聽the real-life implications of law as it currently operates in society.鈥�

The submission was prepared and written by 果冻影院 Laws LLM students Daniella Lock, Tara Agoston, Hitesh Dhorajiwala, Josie Teale, Edmund Gross, Edmund Robinson, Aimee Riese, Maryam Siddiqui, Danielle Ralph and Rebecca Wilkinson, with the support of Tom Hickman. The submission does not represent the views of Tom Hickman.