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From the dungeons of Dartmoor… Premium Content
William Gibson explores the unlikely origins of the law of parliamentary privilege
02 July 2021 / William Gibson
We protest at these protest provisions Premium Content
Michael Zander QC on a report by the parliamentary Joint Human Rights Committee
02 July 2021 / Michael Zander KC
Support for right to noisy protests
A parliamentary committee has slammed government plans to curb non-violent protest as inconsistent with basic human rights
23 June 2021
Elections: Rebalancing the map Premium Content
Making every vote count the same: Alec Samuels reports on long-overdue updates to parliamentary constituencies
18 June 2021 / Alec Samuels
Misleading figures blamed for low judicial review success rate
The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) has backed a law firm’s claim the government used overly simplified data in its submissions to the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL).
16 June 2021
Virtual council meetings: Back to reality Premium Content
English virtual council meetings? Not a remote chance. Nicholas Dobson reports
11 June 2021 / Nicholas Dobson
MPs demand coronial reform
The Justice Committee has called for fundamental reforms to Coroners Courts, including legal ‘equality of arms’.
28 May 2021
Bar Council urges caution on Police Bill
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill ‘limits fundamental civic rights’, the Bar Council has warned in its briefing to MPs.
26 May 2021
LNB News: LLG releases guidance for local authorities on holding meetings amid coronavirus (COVID-19)
Lawyers in Local Government (LLG) has published guidance in association with the Association of Democratic Services Officers (ASDO) and David Kitson from Bevan Brittan, on the subject of local authority meetings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. 
26 May 2021
Public Order Act: crossing the (thin blue) line? (Pt 2) Premium Content
One-person protests & failing to comply with conditions. Neil Parpworth continues his exploration of the proposed changes to the provisions in the Public Order Act 1986
21 May 2021 / Neil Parpworth
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Online safety against serious harm
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Law reform ahead
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
Bullying & harassment at the Bar
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
The Sentencing Bill: Crime & punishment revisited
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
Changing faces
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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