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Can the trafficking & slavery of a domestic worker be considered ‘commercial activity’? Joseph Dyke & James McGlaughlin examine the Supreme Court’s judgment in Basfar v Wong

Lawyers have welcomed plans to keep 24 Nightingale Courts open for another year, but warned more was needed to tackle the backlog of cases.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has opened an inquiry looking into the manner in which rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human Rights are protected and upheld in workplaces across the UK.

Is the rule of law safe in the Lord Chancellor, Dominic Raab’s hands? In his column for this week’s NLJ, David Greene, senior partner at Edwin Coe, investigates the answer to this question.

How is the rule of law faring under the current Lord Chancellor? David Greene warns against the creeping threats to our rights

The Constitution Society has published a report which considers the proposed Bill of Rights Bill, which seeks to replace the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998), highlighting the unworkability of the Bill in its current form and questioning why it was created.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has published a report detailing its scrutiny of the proposed Bill of Rights Bill.

The Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab’s flagship Bill of Rights Bill has come under fire in a devastating report by peers and MPs.

A legal challenge against the UK government’s decision not to order an investigation into Russian interference in UK democratic processes has cleared its first hurdle at the European Court of Human Rights.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published a statement on the Bill of Rights, which is currently pending a date being set for its second reading in the House of Commons.

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NLJ this week: Law Society calls for clarity on AML

The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Turning corporate liability into opportunity

Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted

NLJ this week: A prince no more?

Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke

NLJ this week: Shareholder secrecy sunk

Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'

NLJ this week: The expanding remit of national security law

In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains

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Human rights

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—Andrew Savage

Druces—Lisa Cardy

Charles Russell Speechlys—Robert Lundie Smith