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Sioned Wyn Roberts & Agata Patyna urge the government to reconsider new immigration measures & stop deporting homeless people
Michael Zander QC reports on the George Floyd case, now nearing its end
ClientEarth has released a statement explaining its decision to launch a landmark legal challenge against the Belgian National Bank for not fulfilling human rights and environmental requirements when purchasing corporate assets. 
Europol has published the European Union Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA 2021) which outlines threats of serious and organised crime facing the EU. 
The UK is one of the most economically and socially unequal countries in the world, according to the Equality Trust, Theo Huckle QC writes in this week’s NLJ.
Theo Huckle QC puts UK anti-discrimination laws & inequality in the spotlight & asks what we can do to effect lasting change
The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law has highlighted a ‘significant rule of law problem’ with the looser COVID-19 lockdown regime introduced this week
Human rights at risk under Bill proposals, warn campaigners
No compelling case for reform of the Human Rights Act exists, MPs and peers have warned. 
The government must take a tougher role in enforcing the Modern Slavery Act’s measures on transparency in supply chains, a report commissioned by the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre has found. 
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
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
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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