Surveillance and Intelligence Law Handbook

Dr Victoria Williams is a barrister at 2 Gray's Inn Square Chambers. She was called to the Bar in 1995 and has developed a practice in general common law and human rights. She is the author of several legal texts including Civil and Criminal Procedure (Sweet & Maxwell, 1997) and the Civil Procedure Handbook (OUP, 2004). She has also been a contributing editor to The White Book (Sweet & Maxwell) since 1999.

very thorough and comprehensive way in which this book covers the law governing surveillance and intelligence...In addition to the excellent content of this publication, the author very skilfully navigates the reader through the complex threads of the full range of legislative and other materials. This is achieved by the very logical manner in which the information is presented as well as the accompanying commentaries that clearly and precisely bring the essential issues into focus...An essential tool for legal practitioners and investigators...It presents this complex and contentious aspect of the law in a very clear manner.

• PART I: ENTERING AND INTERFERING WITH PROPERTY AND TELEGRAPHY ; 1. The Police Act 1997, Part III ; 2. The Intelligence Services Act 1994 and Security Service Act 1989 ; PART II: THE REGULATION OF INVESTIGATORY POWERS ACT 2000 (AS AMENDED) ; List of statutory sections ; 3. Interception of Communications: RIPA, Part I, Chapter I, ss. 1-20 ; 4. Acquisition and Disclosure of Communications data: RIPA, Part I, Chapter II, ss. 21-25 ; 5. Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources: RIPA Part II ss. 26-48 ; 6. Data Protected by Encryption: RIPA Part III ss. 49-56 ; 7. The Commissioners: RIPA Part IV ss.57-64 ; 8. The Investigatory Powers Tribunal: RIPA Part IV ss. 65-70 ; 9. Sections Governng the Codes of Practice: RIPA Part IV ss. 71-72 ; 10. RIPA Part V and Schedules ; PART III: THE RULES AND FORM OF THE INVESTIGATORY POWERS TRIBUNAL ; 11. The Rules of Investigatory Powers Tribunal ; 12. Tribunal Forms ; PART IV: RIPA FORMS AND NOTICES ; 13. Public Authority Communications Data Forms ; 14. Forms for use by Public Authorities under RIPA Part II ; PART V: CODES OF PRACTICE ; 15. The Covert Surveillence Code of Practice 2002 (under SI 2002/1933) ; 16. The Covert Human Intelligence Sources Code of Practice 2002 (under SI 2002/1932) ; 17. Voluntary Retention of Communications Data Code of Practice under Part II: Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (under SI 2003 No. 3175) ; 18. Interception of Communications Code of Practice 2002 (under SI 2002 No. 1693) ; 19. Acquisition and Disclosure of Communications Revised Code of Practice (Home office pre-consultative document, 2005) ; PART VI: CASE LAW SUMMARIES ; 20. RIPA Part I Case Law ; 21. RIPA Part II Case Law ; 22. RIPA Part IV Case Law ; PART VII: OTHER STATUTES ; 23. The Human Rights Act 1998 (s.6 and ECHR Art. 6 and 8) ; 24. Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (Part 11) ; PART VIII: STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS ; 25. Statutory Instruments (1998) ; 26. Statutory Instruments (2000) ; 27. Statutory Instruments (2001) ; 28. Statutory Instruments (2002) ; 29. Statutory Instruments (2003) ; 30. Statutory Instruments (2004) ; 31. Statutory Instruments (2005) ; PART IX: INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS ; 32. The Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Member States of the European Union established by Council Act of 29th May 2000 (2000/C197/01) ; APPENDICES ; Appendix 1: Useful Sources of Information