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Roe v Wade: Judicial insurrection? Premium Content
Roe v Wade: the situation in the US highlights a gross lack of understanding of law and process, and its exploitation for political purposes, says David Locke
13 May 2022 / David Locke
NLJ this week: Judicial integrity & the Dobbs case
The leaked Dobbs draft judgment, in which the US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade and Planned Parenthood v Casey, has created widespread alarm in the US
13 May 2022
A British Bill of Rights: going nowhere? Premium Content
Is Dominic Raab’s project doomed? Michael Zander reports on criticism from across the legal spectrum
29 April 2022 / Michael Zander KC
Oscars drama packs a punch Premium Content
After ‘that joke’ & ‘that slap’ at the Oscars, Dr Hannah Saunders considers whether a new approach to appearance equality is needed
08 April 2022 / Hannah Saunders
No case for HRA reform

Lawyers have confirmed their opposition to Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposals to reform the Human Rights Act 1998

17 March 2022
Lawyers so No to replacement of Human Rights Act
Lawyers have confirmed their opposition to Ministry of Justice (MoJ) proposals to reform the Human Rights Act 1998
12 March 2022
Protection of freedom of expression
Geoffrey Bindman questions the motives behind the government’s sudden concern for free speech
11 March 2022 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
Human rights blunder
The Ministry of Justice has extended its consultation to reform the Human Rights Act 1998, replacing it with a Bill of Rights, after legal groups including Justice and Liberty pointed out accessibility issues
09 March 2022
X-rated passports? Premium Content
Gender identity in the spotlight: Nicholas Dobson analyses the Supreme Court’s reasoning in Elan-Cane
25 February 2022 / Nicholas Dobson
Gender identities: a two-tier system? Premium Content
Elan-Cane: has the Supreme Court created an imbalance in rights protection between binary & non-binary genders? Jack Castle & Oscar Davies examine the ruling
04 February 2022 / Jack Castle / Oscar Davies
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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
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
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
Billionaire divorce saga ‘lifeline’
The ex-wife of a Russian billionaire has won her bid to bring her financial relief claim in London, in a unanimous Court of Appeal decision
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