Francis Hoar, acting for Simon Dolan in his legal challenge to the government lockdown, gives Unmasked Doco an overview of the legal position with regard to various aspects of policy.
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Parts and timecodes:
Part 1 00:30
The government’s use of the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 as a basis for lockdown measures
Part 2 02:44
Secondary legislation granting powers to ministers under the 1984 Act
Part 3 03:26
The Simms Principle â”Fundamental rights cannot be overridden by general or ambiguous words”
Part 4 04:13
The European Convention on Human Rights as a challenge to statutory instruments under the 1984 Act
Part 5 06:53
Emergency legislation and some of its implications â the Corona Virus Act 2020
Part 6 08:39
Dementia: a possible example of skewed reporting as a result of the Corona Virus Act 2020
Part 7 09:44
Coroner’s Courts and official statistics as a measure of mental health and suicide prevalance
Part 8 10:48
The secretive and unbalanced process guiding the government’s “tiers” policy