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28 Aug, 6 tweets, 2 min read
🚨Some chunky amendments to the International Travel Regulations. No major changes but lots of medium ones

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 9) Regulations 2021

legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/966/…
Here is the explanatory note
And here is the Explanatory Memorandum, which is useful

legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/966/…
COP26 and the COP26 World Leaders' Summit exempt from various requirements including hotel quarantine in many cases
London Fashion Week exemptions
To be clear:
- Red List COP26 attendees exempt either from whole of hotel quarantine or will only do 5 days (not 10)
- Amber List COP 26 attendees exempt from isolation AND Day 2 and 8 testing (which seems odd)
- Fashion Week exempt from self-isolation not hotel quarantine

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5 Sep
Seems a huge bit of news - over 100,000 people have been detained in hotel quarantine since February
Although, a recent judicial review permission decision which I will post soon (not publicly available) says people aren’t detained (strictly ‘deprived of liberty’) despite being stuck in a guarded hotel room with 15 mins exercise in the car park per day. I think that’s wrong
Here is the judgment in Khalid - permission decision (first stage of Judicial Review). Mr Justice Linden held that hotel quarantine (which for most people is 23 hrs 45 mins per day stuck in a guarded room) is not even arguably a deprivation of liberty (!) …ughtystreetchambers-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal… ImageImage
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3 Sep
Some detail (via @gabrielquotes) on the question I have been wondering about for a few months - why Lord Sumption is no longer on the Supreme Court supplementary panel. whatdotheyknow.com/request/765192…
According to this interesting set of emails he resigned "in view of public criticisms which I was making of the government"
Lord Hodge to Lord Reed upon hearing about Lord Sumption's resignation:

"That is a relief"
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3 Aug
Thanks to @BullDeborah for asking these questions

Tens of thousands of people have been detained in hotel quarantine

Approximately 60 have been given medical exemptions

questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questi…
How are the exemptions decided?

"Applications are considered by trained Departmental staff, following detailed procedures designed by public health professionals and are supported by medically qualified public health professionals"

What does "are supported by" mean? Who knows
In May over 35,000 people had been through the hotel quarantine system, so it stands to reason that it is tens of thousands more by now

members.parliament.uk/member/4706/wr…
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1 Aug
I think many would be forgiving of the "tear up the rule book to get results" approach if the results didn't so obviously demonstrate why the rule book matters in a crisis - it prevents government contracts going to donors/friends and profiteering
Have been thinking about the term "profiteering" for a bit - seems so apt to some of those PPE contracts. Doesn't seem to be illegal in the govt procurement context but would be in consumer law (blakemorgan.co.uk/law-in-a-time-…)
Very interesting debate in Parliament on this 102 years ago! api.parliament.uk/historic-hansa… Image
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30 Jul
🚨As expected, changes to travel regulations from Monday to allow EU & US vaccinated Amber List travellers to avoid quarantine

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel and Operator Liability) (England) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 2021
legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/914/…
Helpful explanatory memorandum

legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/914/…
This is what proof of vaccination you need to qualify for the exemption from Amber List self-isolation
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30 Jul
Important judgments - Supreme Court (Lords Sales/Burnett giving judgment) decided test for challenging non-statutory government policy is if it "sanctions, positively approves or encourages unlawful conduct by those to whom it is directed" not whether it is "inherently unfair"
Meanwhile, although rolling back the years in public law (80s are BACK!), the Supreme Court continues to expand the boundaries of various duties of care, in this case for tour operators. A sad case on its facts but ultimately helpful judgment for customers supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-201…
Artists' rendition of the Supreme Court Justices deciding that the 1986 Gillick case would now be the test for policy unlawfulness
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