Legal Cheek Journal
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They say that data is the new oil — but who exactly owns it?
As part of Legal Cheek’s occasional series exploring buzzing legal research across the UK and internationally, today, on the day that new data protection rules come into force, we delve into the unchartered territory of the law on data ownership
Drunken consent in rape cases: Why the law leaves a lot to be desired
Legislation and case law raises questions
Consensual sadomasochism is private sex — not violence
Law students marvel at R v Brown, but has the law got it right?
Should sex offenders have access to the internet?
It's seen as a human right
Why DDoS protests won’t fit into freedom of expression rights
A response to 'Prioritise intent, not effects: A nuanced approach to DDOS cyber-attacks and free speech'
Brexit: Are we going to run out of time?
Politicians and academics grapple with Article 50 two-year deadline
Black Lives Matter: How to fix a failing criminal justice system?
A broken bridge to equality
Can we regulate Uber into ‘doing the right thing’?
In the first of its kind, Legal Cheek launches an occasional series exploring buzzing legal research across the UK and internationally
Yarl’s Wood hunger strike shines a spotlight on the shameful way the UK runs its immigration centres
120 detainees refuse food in protest
Why are British nationals being prosecuted for fighting against ISIS?
You risk your life fighting terrorists, then get treated like one when you come home
Is ‘national security’ fast becoming a tool of protectionism?
Growing use of national security grounds to intervene against foreign investments flies in the face of Theresa May's 'open for business' mantra
Joshua Rozenberg on the power of judicial review
Two major, and very different, cases step into the spotlight
Parliamentary bill fronted by nine-year-old boy spells landmark moment for organ donation
Everyone's talking about Max's Law
The legal minefield that is private space travel
International space law is now more important than ever before
The final countdown to GDPR compliance begins
Womble Bond Dickinson's data protection team explains the key points of the big legislative change of 2018
How young people see the abolition of net neutrality
Free competition between websites is an illusion already
Top family judge’s plan to introduce a new divorce court is an excellent idea that the media has failed to grasp
Misleading headlines about financial remedies
Acid attacks are a pandemic the law is failing to treat
Academics and MPs flock to recommend new laws, but will they make a difference?
How the debate about animals feeling pain became headline news
Government has pledged to enshrine animal sentience into law, but how did we get here?