Abstract
The Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill (the Bill)
creates special immunities from the ordinary law for the Crown and its
service personnel, in violation of the long-recognised British
constitutional principle of equal subjection of all to the ordinary law.
The proposed amendments to the UK’s limitation regime should be rejected.
The proposed abolishment of prosecutorial discretion to prosecute alleged offences committed on overseas operations after more than 5 years should be rejected.
If this Parliament considers limitation law reform a priority, it should revisit the proposal for comprehensive reform recommended by the Law Commission of England and Wales, Limitation of Actions (Report No.270, 2001).
The proposed amendments to the UK’s limitation regime should be rejected.
The proposed abolishment of prosecutorial discretion to prosecute alleged offences committed on overseas operations after more than 5 years should be rejected.
If this Parliament considers limitation law reform a priority, it should revisit the proposal for comprehensive reform recommended by the Law Commission of England and Wales, Limitation of Actions (Report No.270, 2001).
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 9 2020 |
Publication series
| Series | Public Bill Committee, House of Commons, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 2020 |
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