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NLJ this week: Leaving the Convention?
The government sparked controversy this week by announcing a review of the Human Rights Act 1998. 
11 December 2020
European Convention on Human Rights: Better out than in? Premium Content
As the government announces a review of human rights law, Alec Samuels makes the case for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights
10 December 2020 / Alec Samuels
Review of Human Rights Act launched
A review to consider whether the Human Rights Act 1998 needs updating, led by former Court of Appeal judge, Sir Peter Gross, has been announced by the government
08 December 2020
Equal human rights
A Joint Committee on Human Rights report, ‘Black people, racism and human rights’, published this week, has drawn stark conclusions on inequalities in healthcare, criminal justice, immigration and democracy
11 November 2020
The Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission - call for evidence
Lawyers have until 16 November 2020 to submit their views on what issues the government should focus on when it forms the Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission
27 October 2020
The Overseas Operations Bill: Much to defend Premium Content
In the public interest? Michael Zander considers the government’s Overseas Operations Bill
08 October 2020 / Michael Zander KC
Human Rights ‘updating’
The government is planning ‘an independent review into the operation of the Human Rights Act’, which will take place ‘in due course’, the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC has confirmed in a letter replying to Harriet Harman, Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.
06 October 2020
NLJ this week: Reflections on slavery
The disturbing story of how the law came to support the trans-Atlantic slave trade is told in NLJ this week
01 October 2020
How the law came to support slavery Premium Content
Satvinder Juss investigates the shocking legal justifications that were used to excuse slavery
30 September 2020 / Satvinder S Juss
Bereavement reform for cohabitees
Cohabiting partners will be entitled to a bereavement payment along with married partners next week, following a change to the Fatal Accident Act
29 September 2020
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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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