The Joint Committee on Human Rights has announced a new series of inquiries into the UK’s immigration detention system and its compliance with human rights, following on from the Windrush scandal. Multiple concerns have been raised regarding ‘inhuman and degrading’ treatment, as well as the lack of mechanisms through which a detainee may challenge their detention, which can be continued indefinitely under the present framework. The Committee is now seeking evidence on areas in which the current system is failing; interested parties may provide submissions of up to 1,500 words before 7 September 2018, via this link.
25 July 2018
Detention under scrutiny
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gardner Leader—Charlotte Botham & Belinda Sinnott
Law firm strengthens real estate team with two new partners
DR Solicitors—Sarah Cook
DR Solicitors strengthens primary care expertise with appointment of legal director
Womble Bond Dickinson—David Varney
Womble Bond Dickinson appoints David Varney to strengthen digital practice
NEWS
The law offers cohabiting couples surprisingly greater protection after one partner dies than when they separate during life
Four recent Employment Appeal Tribunal decisions have clarified important employment law principles on dismissal, bonuses, trade union activity and tribunal procedure
The Court of Appeal's decision in Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP has lifted months of uncertainty for Chartered Legal Executives while prompting a rethink of regulation and supervision
The assisted dying debate returns to Westminster as Lauren Edwards MP reintroduces legislation that stalled in the House of Lords last session despite clearing the Commons
A little-noticed provision of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 has fundamentally expanded corporate criminal liability
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