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European Convention on Human Rights: Better out than in? Premium Content
As the government announces a review of human rights law, Alec Samuels makes the case for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights
10 December 2020 / Alec Samuels
U-turn on international law breach threat
‘Eleventh hour change of heart’ on Internal Market Bill welcomed
10 December 2020
Webinars to prepare lawyers for post-Brexit transition changes
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has posted a series of five webinars for legal professionals on changes that will take place on 1 January 2021.
09 December 2020
Commons rejects amendments to Internal Market Bill
On Monday the Commons rejected 22 amendments to the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill made by the House of Lords
08 December 2020
NLJ this week: Confused by guidance?
A ‘plethora of rather confusing “guidance” has emerged’ in response to COVID-19, but what is its legal status? 
04 December 2020
Brexit & alternative dispute resolution
Laws around confidentiality, enforceability and limitation periods in mediation agreements will be affected when the Brexit transition period ends this month, the Law Society has warned practitioners.
02 December 2020
Legal & business groups unite in Lugano plea to EU
A cohort of law societies and business groups have written to EU leaders urging them to not to block UK admission to the Lugano Convention after the end of transition
26 November 2020
Ireland says no
The Law Society of Ireland is to cease issuing practising certificates to members based outside the Republic, in a major blow for solicitors in England and Wales
18 November 2020
Last chance for EU deal
With time almost up for the UK to secure an agreement with the EU, a senior lawyer warned that, deal or no deal, ‘the outcome is not binary’
18 November 2020
Irish blow for Brexit-hit solicitors
The Law Society of Ireland is to cease issuing practising certificates to members based outside the Republic, in a major blow for solicitors in England and Wales
12 November 2020
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Online safety against serious harm
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Law reform ahead
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
Bullying & harassment at the Bar
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
The Sentencing Bill: Crime & punishment revisited
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
Changing faces
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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