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The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced the entry into force of Protocol No 15 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR), which is a major reform introduced by the Brighton Declaration, during the UK’s chairmanship of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers

What’s in a name? John Gould on when historical ideals fall out of step with the modern day

Rebranding the past―when historical ideals fall short of modern values

David Renton reports on the real-world realities for those left on the verge of eviction

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities are at significant risk of having their human rights breached by legislation to criminalise unauthorised encampments, a Parliamentary committee has warned

A global team of more than 60 Debevoise & Plimpton lawyers has authored a landmark report, the ‘UN guiding principles on business and human rights at 10’ (UNGPs)

Michael Zander QC on a report by the parliamentary Joint Human Rights Committee

Those people who bear the brunt of the pandemic also suffer disproportionately from a broken justice system, as Jon Robins reports

Facial recognition technology poses a risk to people’s privacy, Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has warned in a Commissioner’s Opinion

A parliamentary committee has slammed government plans to curb non-violent protest as inconsistent with basic human rights

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Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office

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Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices

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NLJ this week: Renters’ Rights revolution begins—brace for tribunal chaos

The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC

NLJ this week: Civil procedure gets a spring overhaul

Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation

NLJ this week: Why GP complaints are going nowhere

Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group

NLJ this week: Prenups meet a jurisdictional brick wall

A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision

NLJ this week: Has Rylands v Fletcher come back from the dead?

An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading

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Human rights

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton

Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan

Blake Morgan—four promotions