Cannabis Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5265-1749-4
Verlag: Bloomsbury

Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 248 mm

The Government is currently considering relaxing the current restrictions on extracting CBD from cannabis plants which will see a vast increase in British farmers and businesses entering the hemp/CBD industry. In February 2020, the UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) issued Guidance confirming that it would introduce a staggered enforcement scheme in relation to businesses supplying CBD food products in the UK. The FSA has given manufacturers of CBD-containing products until 31 March 2021 to submit authorisation applications. This will bring dramatic changes to the CBD industry in the UK. In addition, there is a steady policy move towards legalising cannabis for recreational use in line with Canada, eleven states in the USA, South Africa, Uruguay and Georgia.

This new title covers the following:

- An historical overview of cannabis regulation globally and in the UK
- The statutory framework and case law regulating cannabis in the UK
- The cannabis licensing regime
- Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) controlled drugs regulations and licences
- Food Standards Agency (FSA) and Trading Standards considerations
- Importing and exporting cannabis-based products
- The criminal law framework and sanctions for possessing, supplying, cultivating
- Planning law aspects
- Human Rights & Judicial Reviews of challenged decisions
- The impacts of Brexit
- A practical guide to making applications for cannabis licensing
- Consideration of future reforms including the licensing of recreational cannabis

Autoren/Hrsg.

Building, Francis Taylor

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Historical Overview, Statutory and Licensing Framework
2. Industrial Hemp Cultivation Licences
3. High THC Controlled Drugs Licences
4. Medical and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) Regulations and Licences
5. Importing and Exporting Cannabis-based Products (Including Challenges to Border Force Seizures)
6. Cannabis Related Food Products, Food Safety Agency and Trading Standards Considerations (Including Novel Food Issue)
7. Criminal Law, Money Laundering and FCA/Corporate Issues
8. Planning and Environmental Law Aspects
9. Intellectual Property
10. Marketing and Advertising
11. Human Rights, Public Law Issues, EU Law/Brexit Issues
12. The Future
Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Building, Francis Taylor
FTB is a barristers' chambers with a leading reputation for planning, environment, infrastructure, licensing, compulsory purchase and land valuation, rating, local government, ecclesiastical and religious liberty, regulatory crime and associated aspects of EU law.

The three General Editors, Gary Grant, Charles Holland and Leo Charalambides are all from FTB, generally recognised as the leading set of licensing chambers in the country. FTB is the only set of chambers included in the "UK Cannabis Ecosystem", published by the significant cannabis trade network First Wednesdays.
The General Editors will be supported by a team of contributing authors including junior FTB barristers Michael Brett and Conor Fagan and:

Suzanne Ornsby QC is a leading planning barrister practising from FTB. She has a particular expertise in the planning aspects of cannabis farms and processing plants. Robert Jappie is recognised as a leading UK solicitor working in the developing cannabis regulatory environment both here in the UK and in Europe. Dr Henry Fisher is a co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Hanway Associates, London's global cannabis consultancy, as well as co-founder of Cannabis Europa, Europe's foremost medical cannabis conference.