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
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)