Government use of general warrants to authorise computer and phone hacking is unlawful
A court has ruled that the security and intelligence services can no longer rely on ‘general warrants’ to authorise the hacking of large numbers of computers and phones belonging to UK citizens
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The security and intelligence services cannot use “general warrants” to indiscriminately hack into large numbers of mobile phones and computers in the UK, judges have decided.
The High Court ruled on 8 January that it was unlawful for GCHQ and MI5 to use the warrants issued under Section 5 of the Intelligence Services Act (ISA) to interfere with electronic equipment and other property.
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The court ruled that the Government had not exceeded its executive powers
Ryanair must pay the legal costs of its failed High Court challenge against travel measures introduced by the Government in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Mr Justice Garrett Simons ruled last October that the Government had not exceeded its executive powers and trespassed upon the legislative power in relation to the measures.
In a follow-up ruling regarding who should pay the legal costs of the action, estimated to be a low six-figure sum, the judge ruled that there was no reason to depart from the normal rule that the successful party is entitled to its costs.