Bringing about a change in the law (how to do so)

Adam_151

Adam_151

Adam_151

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If there is a relativly new law that many people disagree with, and beleive the grounds on which it was brought in were substantially flawed, is there a way to either compaign for it to be repealed or reformed? Is it just a case of putting all the issues in a letter to parliment signed by many people and seeing what they do with it, or is it as I suspect a lot more complicated than that.

Sorry, this is vague, just if I try and make it less vague, well, I'd bore you all to death, seriously though, if you can't answer it without more information, I'll try and write something a bit more informative
 
I think you could form a pressure group.

'Who is consulted about changes to the law?
Before Bills are introduced into Parliament, there has often been consultation or discussion with interested parties such as professional bodies, voluntary organisations and pressure groups. Proposals for legislative changes may be contained in government White Papers. These may be preceded by consultation papers, sometimes called Green Papers, which set out government proposals that are still taking shape and seek comments from the public. There is no requirement for there to be a White or Green Paper before a bill is introduced into Parliament.'

Src. http://www.parliament.uk/works/newlaw.cfm
 
Going to your MP is probably the first step, then see how it goes from there.

Getting a pettition will do nothing, it will be binned as you need to get a voice heard, and as your elected represntative he is there to voice the opinions of his constituency in parl, so use him.

(or she :p)
 
You could gather a private army and over-throw the ruling government and monarchy, establishing yourself as Emperor of the England and subjecting everyone to whatever the hell laws you like.

Good luck!

p.s. If you have an opening for Vice Emperor remember who gave you the idea kthnxpls.
 
Only parliament can change the law. That means you need to get a major party involved, which means lobby groups, funding, public opinion, impact studies, press attention etc

Its possible though rare for a Judge to strike out a law but that requires a legal technicality to justify the ruling. This is virtually impossible given the process by which UK law is created. It use to be more common with the ECHR but since the passing of the Human Rights Act and bills now taking full account of the rights it details such rulings have become rarer.
 
People seem to be underestimating the power of writing to your local MP - even though he's a member of a party, he's also out to represent you. He's the one with the power to vote in parliament, he's accountable to you and knows he'll lose a future election if he doesn't represent you properly.
 
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