THIS ISSUE
The government is planning ‘an independent review into the operation of the Human Rights Act’, which will take place ‘in due course’, the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC has confirmed in a letter replying to Harriet Harman, Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.
Legal safeguards on private prosecutions need to be strengthened, MPs have said in a report prompted by the Post Office sub postmasters’ scandal
Proposals to reform the ‘unnecessarily complex, inconsistent, outdated and inefficient’ law of search warrants have been set out by the Law Commission
Some criminal barristers are being paid less than the national minimum wage of £6.45 per hour, according to the Bar Council
Legal action has been launched against the government for abandoning planning permission requirements for 5G mobile phone masts, antennae and cell towers
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles
Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles
Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards
Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
Lime Solicitors—four promotions
Lime Solicitors announces four promotions
NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Should a conviction stand when a later ruling reveals that the law underpinning it was wrong? The answer exposes a clash between finality and justice
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
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