School smartphone ban is legislative overreach at its most unnecessary Opinion Schools already have the power to ban smartphones, adding pointless new laws to the statute book is bad for business and bad for democracy, says Eliot Wilson Parliament should never make law lightly. To legislate is to bring the coercive power of the state to bear in regulating conduct and behaviour as well as maintaining [...]
Pret founder and Itsu boss Julian Metcalfe banned from driving for using phone at the wheel Legal Julian Metcalfe, the founder of Pret a Manger and current boss of Itsu, has been banned from driving after being convicted of using a mobile phone behind the wheel. He claimed he was using the Waze navigation system for directions to visit his daughter, and that he didn’t know it was illegal to use a [...]
The Debate: Should we ban smartphones for children? the debate Most people agree that children are spending too much time on smartphones. But what should the government do about it - if anything?