The United Kingdom has considerable prowess in handling emergencies, not just in counterterrorism but also in a wide range of other real or imagined disasters, including public health risks. Core legislation has been installed, including the all-encompassing Civil Contingencies Act (CCA) 2004...

From March 2020 the coronavirus pandemic led to a series of restrictive UK lockdown measures that severely impacted upon a range of human rights. This chapter identifies and analyses shortcomings in the proportionality review of COVID-era restrictions undertaken by English judges; even allowing...