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NLJ this week: Dominic Raab & demotion

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01 October 2021
Issue: 7950 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Constitutional law
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Declining status of Lord Chancellor

We have a new Lord Chancellor, but who is he and what is he likely to do?

While his predecessor Robert Buckland was generally regarded as a safe hand at the wheel, some practitioners have expressed concern about the ruined cul-de-sacs and dead ends Dominic Raab might reverse the legal system into or whether he might try to park the Human Rights Act altogether.

But is such criticism fair? NLJ columnist David Greene looks ahead to life under Raab..

Issue: 7950 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Constitutional law
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