Legal Cartoon Series

Respect is inspired by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 Section 7. 

The inspiration behind the cartoon was the argument in supporting why statuses should be kept up in public. Statuses are a part of our history, from learning from our past we can build a better future for the next generation. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

Belief is inspired by the Criminal Damage Act 1971 48 Section 5. 

In the cartoon, the girl in the scene explains to her friend she did what she did, believing it was the right thing for her to do. Our beliefs shape the actions we all make individually. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

Sex is inspired by the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 Section 1. 

The topic around the Sex cartoon is around how people who are switching their gender is affecting the rights of women. An example of this is during the Tokyo Olympics when a man who has changed to be a woman participated in the woman's weightlifting competition. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

 Noble is inspired by the National Registrations Act 1939. 

The cartoon is about how we need noble people in our life, that are knowledgeable, wanting to identify what's actually happening. Such as the police woman asking the boy running up to her if he can prove the woman chasing him is not his mother.  - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

 Does Not is inspired by the Sexual Offences Act 2003 Section 1. 

The scene is set in Telford where there has been a lot of reports of rape happening. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

 Provide is inspired by the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 Section 1. 

The topic of this scene is the parents providing the care and support that the children need. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

Control is inspired by the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 Section 3. 

This is around the Dangerous Dogs Act, inspired by a true story that happened in Rowley Regis. A woman was killed by 2 dogs, who's owners lived in her street. The dogs dug under the fences and entered the woman's garden where they attacked and killed her. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

 Good Faith is inspired by the Abortion Act 1967 Section 1. 

The depicted scene is around the decision on abortion. It's up to the pregnant woman to decide based on honest opinion if she want's an abortion or not. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

 Alarm is inspired by the Public Order Act 1986 Section 5.

In a democratic world where freedom of speech is allowed, it's important that when speaking in public to prepare that other people are going to disagree or feel threatened by what's being said and vice versa. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.GRIT.

 Grit is inspired by the Clean Air Act 1956 Section 5. 

The Grit cartoon is about how and why we need to clean up the earth's atmosphere of all the man made pollution pumped into the city air. Cleaning the atmosphere has it's benefits for us humans. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

 Religious is inspired by the Criminal Justice Act 1988 Section 139. 

This scene presents all the knife crime that's happening in the UK, giving a reason for it to be illegal to carry a knife in public, unless it's for ceremonial or religious reasons, such as in Sikhism, which the guru temple in the background represents. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

 His is inspired by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 Section 5. 

Our written laws are traditionally written as if addressing them to men only. What this piece represents is that our laws are for women too. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

 Matter is inspired by the Defamation Act 2013 Section 4. 

The topic of this scene is around how media reports events from public to private. Media reports these events believing that the public have the right to know whether the topic is controversial or not. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

 Fair is inspired by the Human Rights Act 1998 Article 6. 

The Fair piece is about how people can use social media to influence the outcome of a court trial, rigging the juries, who normally make a judgement based only on evidence presented in court with no prior knowledge. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

Secure is inspired by the Computer Misuse Act 1990 Section 1. 

The hackers in this scene are hacking through the firewalls used to protect people's data and information. If the information has been hacked, then there must be improvements to make computers more secure and safe for people to use and protect their data from hackers like these ones. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

 Fine is inspired by the Offences Coronavirus Act 2020 Section C.7 Schedule 21. 

As were in a pandemic, we have to socially distance by 2m and wear a face mask, otherwise you'll receive a fine for not following the rules; as demonstrated in this cartoon. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

 Revoke is inspired by the Coronavirus Act 2020 schedule 22. 

The Revoke cartoon is questioning the Coronavirus Act since it's only been voted by the House of Commons but has not been approved by the House of Lords or the Queen. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

 Encourage is inspired by the Serious Crime Act 2007 Section 44.

The scene here depicts a stranger encouraging people to commit an offence or a crime at a random place in town. The person who is speaking wont even participate in the event, ad the people he encourage commit the crime for him.

- Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

Conduct is inspired by the Criminal Law Act 1977 Section 1. 

The Objects around the people at the table reference the people in the scene being hypocritical on the matters they're protesting of, demonstrating that these people are only telling other people to do what they say and not doing what they're meant to do to stick to these ideologies themselves. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.

Freedom is inspired by the Public Order Act 1986 Section 29J. 

The topic behind this piece is the reactions of on both sides of an argument on whether we should take down our statues or not. Some of us are in support of it, and some are against it for different reasons, with the policeman in the middle representing the balance of the law. - Harri Hampson. Artwork created by Harri Hampson.