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The government cannot refuse advance payments of universal credit to claimants in financial hardship simply because they don’t have a national insurance number (NINo), the Court of Appeal has held.

Nearly nine in ten Britons believe it is important their MP votes to uphold the rule of law, a YouGov poll has found.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published a briefing on the Illegal Migration Bill ahead of Report Stage and Third Reading in the Commons, scheduled for Wednesday 26 April 2023.

The government will undermine the rule of law if it goes ahead with proposed amendments to the illegal Migration Bill, lawyers including former Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas have warned

The European Circuit is organising a panel discussion event which will be hosted by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, focusing on migration and its implications for the rule of law and human rights.

Talk about an own goal—the BBC’s grounding of Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker over his tweets put the institution’s own impartiality under the spotlight.

Was the BBC’s handling of the Gary Lineker case about the perception of impartiality or of independence? John Gould puts the broadcaster’s guidelines under the microscope

Kate Temple-Mabe explains the importance of securing compensation for victims of trafficking—and the creative approach needed to do so

The Joint Committee on Human Rights is seeking evidence from lawyers as part of an inquiry into the Illegal Migration Bill.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has launched an inquiry to conduct legislative scrutiny of the Illegal Migration Bill

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Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

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Public Accounts Committee warn of ‘extinction’ risk for legal aid

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned

NLJ this week: The insider returns

Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome

NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt

After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights

NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers

The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains

NLJ this week: Looking back on the prorogation that never was

Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously

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Immigration & asylum

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly