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05 February 2025
Issue: 8103 / Categories: Legal News , Immigration & asylum , International
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Immigration Bill introduced in Parliament

The Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, which repeals both the controversial Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024 and Illegal Migration Act 2023, has been introduced in Parliament. 

The Bill covers measures to curb organised crime and deter small boat crossings and loss of life in the English Channel.

Law Society president Richard Atkinson said the Rwanda Act ‘was one of the most damaging pieces of legislation in recent history… We also welcome the repeal of most of the Illegal Migration Act—an Act which was incompatible with our international obligations and tarnished our international reputation’. 

MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership

NEWS
he abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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