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Law Commissioners turn focus to Wales
The Law Commission has published a set of proposals to improve the ‘fragmented and complicated’ tribunals system in Wales
29 December 2020
NLJ this week: Cheers for Peers on Internal Market Bill
The saga of the Internal Market Bill has ended surprisingly harmoniously, showing the Westminster system with two chambers working as it should, Professor Michael Zander QC writes for NLJ this week
17 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: The Bar in 2020
Bar Council chair Amanda Pinto QC reflects on an unpredictable year, in this week’s NLJ
26 November 2020
NLJ this week: Could Trump pardon himself?
The US election transfixed the world…and it’s still not over. The Trump years continue until 20 January 2021, when Joe Biden will be sworn in as President
26 November 2020
Pardon me? Premium Content
Can President Trump lawfully pardon himself? Michael Zander on a very live question
26 November 2020 / Michael Zander KC
Justice: A year in review Premium Content
Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, reflects on the challenges thrust upon the justice system by the pandemic & some unexpected body blows to the profession
26 November 2020 / Amanda Pinto KC
At sixes & sevens Premium Content
Athelstane Aamodt reflects on ‘originalist’ Amy Coney Barrett’s appointment to the US Supreme Court
18 November 2020 / Athelstane Aamodt
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
Book review: The Law-Making Process Premium Content
"What is valuable for law student and lawyer alike is that it considers all aspects of law making from ‘the Whitehall stage’ through the Westminster stage and provides insights into what actually happens in practice"
17 November 2020 / John Bowers KC
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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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