“While we’ve been mostly focused on US-based domain name seizures and attempts to expand them using something like COICA, we’ve also noted that similar issues are being discussed in the UK, where Nominet has now admitted that it’s helped police seize about 3,000 domains based simply upon a request from law enforcement.

Unlike the US, there isn’t even a formal process with a judge rubber stamping the requests. Instead, the police ask, and Nominet is compelled to suspend the domain.”

From Tech dirt