糖心Vlog

An 糖心Vlog PhD student is looking at the impact of COVID-19 on the UK's legal system, building an important resource for the future.

Lee Marsons, a PhD candidate in the School of Law, has been since the start of the COVID-19 crisis.

By the beginning of April, he had already recorded over 200 changes.

Marsons describes the impact-to-date as 鈥渕assive鈥�, adding, 鈥淭he most obvious changes have been in relation to the powers given to the executive, especially the police, to restrict freedom of movement and freedom of assembly.

鈥淎dditionally, the new gives government the power to suspend ordinary state duties of fundamental importance, such as providing care support to children, the elderly, and the disabled. But the implications extend beyond this and affect matters that are central to the rule of law, including way the courts will operate.

The project, supported by the , will continue to record changes, and look at which have become either permanent or long-term, as resources allow.

Lee Marsons said: 鈥淎s well as being presently important, we are building a potentially vital resource to be used when we look back, to make sense of this extraordinary period.鈥�