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LNB NEWS: EHRC reiterates concerns over Illegal Migration Bill
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published a briefing on the Illegal Migration Bill ahead of Report Stage and Third Reading in the Commons, scheduled for Wednesday 26 April 2023.
25 April 2023
Laying down the law of war Premium Content
Far from a modern concept, the idea of prosecuting an individual for war crimes has a long & complicated history, as Athelstane Aamodt explains
21 April 2023 / Athelstane Aamodt
Crime brief: 7 & 14 April 2023 Premium Content
The Supreme Court has warned that those on the losing side of a political debate should not then resort to undermining legislation: David Walbank KC reports
07 April 2023 / David Walbank KC
Human trafficking: routes to justice Premium Content
Kate Temple-Mabe explains the importance of securing compensation for victims of trafficking—and the creative approach needed to do so
24 March 2023 / Kate Temple-Mabe
Crime brief: 24 March 2023 Premium Content
David Walbank KC examines the relevance of gender identity within the context of extradition requests
24 March 2023 / David Walbank KC
LNB NEWS: MoJ publishes government's response to JCHR's scrutiny of Bill of Rights Bill
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published the government's response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) 9th report of session 2022-2023, on the Bill of Rights Bill. 
23 March 2023
Illegal Migration Bill inquiry calls for evidence
The Joint Committee on Human Rights is seeking evidence from lawyers as part of an inquiry into the Illegal Migration Bill.
22 March 2023
Miscarriages of justice: The Birmingham 4 Premium Content
Incriminating evidence & falsified notebooks? Dr Jon Robins recounts a deeply concerning jury verdict delivered at a time of heightened suspicion nationwide
17 March 2023 / Jon Robins
Lawyers unimpressed by Illegal Migration Bill and accompanying rhetoric
Lawyers have lambasted both the government’s Illegal Migration Bill and the surrounding rhetoric about ‘lefty lawyers’.
15 March 2023
LNB NEWS: Law Society comments on Illegal Migration Bill's lack of protections from slavery
The Law Society has commented on the Illegal Migration Bill’s approach to refugees and asylum. 
14 March 2023
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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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