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The House of Commons Library has published a report on the progress of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill 2022-2023, prior to the Commons report stage and third reading of the paper, which is yet to be scheduled. 

‘It’s one of the worst pieces of legislation I can remember in some 60 years of following the law-making process,’ Professor Michael Zander KC writes in this week’s NLJ.

A seriously alarming piece of legislation? Michael Zander KC continues his report on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill

Lawyers are advising businesses to start preparing for regulatory reforms on deforestation-free supply chains.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published a policy paper titled, ‘Responding to human rights judgements: 2021 to 2022’, which sets out the government’s position on the implementation of human rights judgements from the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the UK domestic courts under the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998). 

‘Depicting the ECHR and HRA 1998 as alien intrusions undermining British sovereignty is historically illiterate,’ Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC writes in this week’s NLJ. Bindman asks: ‘What is behind this assault on the judiciary, the ECHR and HRA 1998?’

The ongoing assault on the judiciary, the European Convention on Human Rights & the Human Rights Act is authoritarian & undemocratic, says Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC

The Employment Lawyers Association (ELA), the Institute of Directors, and various other organisations, have issued a letter to the Business Secretary, Grant Shapps, calling for the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill to be withdrawn.

In the Autumn Statement 2022, on 17 November 2022, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has announced changes to the total departmental spending (excluding depreciation) and capital investment figures for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), and set out the government’s commitment to reforming retained EU law.

Domesticating retained EU law: practical necessity or ideological project? Charles Pigott considers the mammoth task ahead