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Death of the Duke of Edinburgh: Lord Chief Justice's message
The following message from Lord Burnett, the Lord Chief Justice, has been posted on the Judiciary website
09 April 2021
End to fixed term parliaments?
Proposed legislation to replace the 2011 Fixed-term Parliaments Act requires refinement, a joint committee of MPs and Peers has concluded
24 March 2021
Trump’s impeachment: all for show? Premium Content
David Locke draws comparisons between the governments of the US and UK in their recent frivolous approaches to serious legal matters
03 March 2021 / David Locke
Viscount Haldane: the forgotten statesman Premium Content
Alec Samuels reflects on the life & times of Viscount Haldane
25 February 2021 / Alec Samuels
Brexit got done (Pt 2) Premium Content
Michael Zander on whether there was parliamentary scrutiny worthy of the name
14 January 2021 / Michael Zander KC
The rule of law—in transition? Premium Content
Simon Parsons reflects on the UK Internal Market Bill & attempts to exclude judicial review for errors of law
14 January 2021 / Simon Parsons
NLJ this week: Fast work on the Future Relationship Act

Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Michael Zander QC covers the speedy passage of the EU (Future Relationship) Act 2020 through parliament

08 January 2021
The UK Internal Market Bill: Yea for the House of Lords Premium Content
Michael Zander on the last stages of the UK Internal Market Bill
08 January 2021 / Michael Zander KC
Brexit got done Premium Content
Michael Zander on the final rushed stages
06 January 2021 / Michael Zander KC
FTA―uncertainty, border delays but worst outcome ‘averted’
The EU-UK free trade agreement (FTA) has left key areas unresolved and businesses facing uncertainty, lawyers say
30 December 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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