Legal Analysis: Sally Rooney, Palestine Action and Terrorism Law

Sailesh Mehta has written an opinion piece with Shivansh Prasad (Atesh Solicitors)  examining the legal and constitutional questions arising from the proscription of Palestine Action, the consequences for author Sally Rooney and her publisher Faber and an analysis of Terrorism Law.

The article explores:
▪ The financial offences provisions under the Terrorism Act 2000 and their impact on commercial relationships
▪ Whether publishers may face criminal liability when royalty payments become entangled with terrorism legislation
▪ The Supreme Court’s approach to “reasonable suspicion” in R v Lane and Letts
▪ The practical limitations of statutory protections available under section 21ZA
▪ The forthcoming Supreme Court appeal in R (Ammori) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
▪ The wider constitutional tension between national security and freedom of expression

Read piece HERE

Sailesh Mehta specialises in serious crime, terrorism, regulatory law and human rights and Shivansh Prasad is a criminal defence paralegal at Atesh Solicitors