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Terrorism definition

What does Terrorism mean? In legal practice, terrorism describes the use or threat of serious harmful acts intended to influence government or intimidate the public, carried out for a political, religious, racial or ideological cause. In the UK, the statutory definition in the Terrorism Act 2000 covers action involving serious violence, serious damage to property, endangering life, creating a serious risk to public health or safety, or serious interference with or disruption of an electronic system; it has extra‑territorial reach. The concept underpins offences of preparation, encouragement, membership and support of proscribed organisations, terrorist financing and asset‑freezing, and powers such as arrest, detention and...

Prevent Duty under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015: Scope, Guidance, Information Sharing and Sector-Specific Duties (England, Wales and Scotland)

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Since the Counter-terrorism and security act took effect in 2015 (CTSA 2015), a range of ‘specified authorities’ have carried a statutory obligation, while performing their functions and duties, to show due regard to preventing individuals from being drawn into terrorism (the ‘Prevent duty’). This Practice Note explores where that duty comes from within the Government’s wider counter-terrorism approach (CONTEST) and, more particularly, within the Prevent strand of that strategy. It outlines the legislative footing, scope and substance of the duty, then looks at how it operates across particular fields, including local authorities, schools and childcare, health services, prisons and probation, and policing, before doing so sector by sector.

Counter-terrorism strategy

CONTEST, the Government’s overarching counter-terrorism strategy, first appeared in 2006 under the Labour government of the day. Its fourth iteration, released in June 2018, recognises that the terrorist threat to the UK is greater than when it was last issued in 2011, at that time, as shown by the 2017 attacks in London and Manchester, a stark reminder indeed. The purpose of CONTEST is to lessen the risk to the UK and its overseas interests from terrorism, enabling people to live their lives freely and with confidence. As revised in 2011, ...

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Sam Rose

Mills & Reeve

Sam advises higher education institutions on governance; student disciplinary cases; fitness to study and fitness to practise; student disputes relating to teaching and assessment; freedom of expression; Prevent and Equality Act issues. She also advises on information law, including complex freedom of information requests and data subject access requests. Before joining the firm Sam worked as an education law specialist at the University of Oxford and as the Head of Strategic Litigation for the Consumers' Association (better known as Which?). As part of her role at Which?, Sam worked on projects considering consumer law compliance across the higher education sector, including looking at university advertising and student protection plans. She engaged with Government departments and regulators, including the Competition and Markets Authority and participated in the European Commission's REFIT exercise, reviewing the consumer law acquis. She was also actively involved with BEUC (the...

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