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For centuries, the judiciary has remained one of the only checks against blatant attempts to mislead, says Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
28 October 2022 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
NLJ this week: Time to protect our rights & the rule of law
Recent incursions by the government into the rule of law and associated citizens’ freedoms have disturbing parallels in history, and should not be ignored, Geoffrey Bindman KC writes in this week’s NLJ.
21 October 2022
PayPal: free speech on lockdown? Premium Content
With political divisions growing ever more pronounced, demonetisation is emerging as one of the principal weapons deployed to silence debate, argues David Locke
21 October 2022 / David Locke
Keeping British democracy alive Premium Content
Are we still committed to the rule of law? Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC considers recent government moves & some concerning historical parallels
21 October 2022 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
Call to release Iranian lawyers
The Law Society, together with campaign group Lawyers for Lawyers, has called on the Iranian government to halt the arbitrary arrest, detention and ill treatment of lawyers. 
18 October 2022
Book review: The Mandela Brief Premium Content
"One feels that one is experiencing some of the horror of living under an evil regime and what it takes to oppose such a regime as a lawyer."
23 September 2022 / Michael Zander KC
Landmark care challenge
A former looked-after child can bring a human rights claim against council authorities for failing to remove him from the care of his mother soon enough, the Court of Appeal has agreed.
21 September 2022
Rangers fandom not a philosophy
Lifelong support for Glasgow Rangers Football Club is not enough to pass the ‘philosophical belief’ test under the Equality Act 2010, an employment tribunal has ruled.
21 September 2022
Bill of Rights quietly dropped?
The second reading of the government’s Bill of Rights Bill did not go ahead as scheduled.
21 September 2022
Neurodiversity & a shocking litany of wrongful convictions Premium Content
The justice system cruelly stacks the odds against the neurodivergent, says Jon Robins
29 July 2022 / Dr Jon Robins
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Law Officers mark 25 years of Pro Bono Week
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
NLJ this week: Costs without limits?
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
NLJ this week: Beyond environmental offences
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
NLJ this week: New law, old convictions
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
NLJ this week: Who shaped the witness’s story?
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
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