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
DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat
Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced
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Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts
Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire
Ellisons—Marion Knocker
Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership
NEWS
Prosecutors will speed up preparations for charging hate crimes, under Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) guidance issued in response to the surge in antisemitic incidents
Improvements to courts, tribunals and the wider justice system in the north are being held back by a lack of national and local collaboration, according to thinktank JUSTICE North
A family judge has criticised the prison authorities for mistakenly freeing a father who abducted his own son
The Law Society has renewed its calls for compensation for legal aid firms affected by the cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA)
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured a £10m penalty plus £4.8m in costs from manufacturer Ultra Electronics Holdings, under the terms of a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for failure to prevent bribery
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