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NLJ this week: What if there's a riot?

02 September 2020
Issue: 7900 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Criminal
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On 31 July, as the coronavirus pandemic continued its destructive journey, SAGE (the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies) warned of the risk that public disorder could make the management of COVID-19 ‘all but impossible’

SAGE warned: ‘This potential disorder could be comparable or bigger in scale to the rioting of August 2011.’

Writing in NLJ this week, barrister Lucy McCormick, Henderson Chambers, takes a timely look at the legislative regime which applied to property damage in the event of rioting.

The Riot Compensation Act 2016 is yet to be truly tested. If the worst happens, what can be claimed, what hurdles exist, and how do you go about it?

Issue: 7900 / Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Criminal
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