The government’s response to the Syria refugee crisis has been “too low, too slow and too narrow”, according to a statement published by 300 senior lawyers and judges. Lord Phillips, the former President of the Supreme Court, Lord Woolf, Lord Steyn, Lord Walker, and Sir Nicholas Bratza, the former president of the European Court of Human Rights, as well as more than 100 QCs, were among those criticising the government’s decision to take in only 20,000 refugees over a five-year period.
15 October 2015
Refugee (in)action
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Boodle Hatfield—Tom McLaughlin
Boodle Hatfield welcomes new employment partner, Tom McLaughlin
Burges Salmon—Benn Richards
Burges Salmon appoints Benn Richards to strengthen Contentious Insolvency offering
Arc Pensions Law—Victoria Thompson-Hill, Jonathan Mason & Georgi Ivanov
National specialist pensions law firm strengthens team with three new appointments
NEWS
A child’s views can be taken into account during international child abduction proceedings, the Supreme Court has held
Small and medium-sized law firms have urged regulators to pause plans to exclude owner-managers from compliance officer roles
Lawyers have raised the alarm on employment tribunal delays and backlogs, with some cases facing a three-year wait for a hearing
The controversial assisted dying Bill has drawn to a halt after MPs defeated it by 286 votes to 270
MPs have called for legislation to protect against the human rights risks of artificial intelligence (AI)
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