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UK: Special Advocates system must be changed says a report from the House of Commons Constitutional Affairs Committee

01 April 2005

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Report(pdf) and it call for changes to the appeal system on "control orders" under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005. At present and under the new Act "special advocates" - security cleared lawyers - are not allowed to communicate with the defendant or their lawyers - the Committee says they should be able to. The evidence to the Committee is in Volume 2 (pdf)

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