The week begun with disturbing news of the use of Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act. The Guardian tells the story of how David Miranda, the partner of journalist Glenn Greenwald (pictured), was detained for nine hours at Heathrow Airport without access to either a lawyer or others. This post takes a brief look at the Schedule 7 power to question.
It is as well to begin with the Terrorism Act 2000 s.1 where the word ‘terrorism’ is defined for the purposes of law in the UK. In this Act ‘terrorism’ means the use or threat of action where:
