Dr Ronan Cormacain of the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law considers a lesser-discussed aspect of the controversial Internal Market Bill. Huge controversy has already been generated over provisions in the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill granting Ministers the power to disapply the Withdrawal A
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Joanna Cherry QC MP writes about the possibility of the UK government decriminalising torture and the impact this would have on soldiers. Does Boris Johnson care so little for the law that he would allow the decriminalisation of torture?
The Scottish Ethnic Minorities Lawyers' Association (SEMLA) has announced a new collaboration with NatWest Group which will offer two student members a week of virtual work experience. The week virtual work experience will be with NatWest Group's outsourcing, technology and IP (OT&IP) in-ho
Lawyers advocating for a right to independent legal representation for sexual offence complainers have published a detailed video on their proposals.
An immigration solicitor has been handed a £60,000 fine for bringing dozens of useless removal appeals, The Law Society Gazette reports. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal penalised Syed Wasif Ali and banned him indefinitely from making any further judicial review applications.
Benjamin Bestgen takes a further look at free speech this week, see last week's jurisprudential primer for part one. Open a newspaper or look through social media and you will find people expressing their upset about all kinds of real or perceived wrongs.
A drug trafficker has escaped a death sentence in a Shawshank Redemption-style escape through prison sewers. Chai Changpan, 53, has been on death row in Jakarta, Indonesia since being convicted in 2017 of smuggling 135kg of crystal meth.
A self-styled “pick-up artist” who was convicted of five minor sexual assault charges has succeeded in quashing all five convictions on appeal. Adnan Ahmed, who was originally tried on an indictment labelling 18 charges, argued that the trial sheriff, Lindsay Wood, had inappropriat
EU member states can regulate Airbnb-style short-term lets to combat long-term rental housing shortages, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. In a judgment which has only been published in French, the court ruled that French laws requiring landlords to seek authorisation from
Solicitor advocate Mike Dailly has applied for permission to appeal a case to the Supreme Court on behalf of his disabled client. Disabled people in Glasgow must pay £30 each week of their social security income to the council to deal with the costs of non-residential social care.
A litigation executive at DAC Beachcroft has been barred from the profession after naming a client on a Facebook post. A decision notice published by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) said that Keith Howell also spent excessive time dealing with clients' matters and recording billable t
New reforms to boost hearing capacity in employment tribunals have been introduced at Westminster. The reforms aim to help the system hear more cases and open up court space to ensure a speedier resolution of cases.
The owner of a Highland golf club has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for stealing more than £150,000 in tax. Jon Wiggett, who owns Brahan Golf Club, submitted 13 false VAT repayment claims between 2014 and 2017.
Elaine Motion, chairman of Balfour and Manson, pays tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1993 until her death last week at the age of 87. I was immensely saddened to hear the news of Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing at t
Fraser Mitchell writes about proposed technical changes to Scottish planning policy and the relevant Scottish government consultation. In July, the Scottish government published a consultation on what it describes as a “technical amendment” to Scottish Planning Policy (SPP). The consulta