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Judicial hubris in Strasbourg? Premium Content
Graham Zellick KC questions a decision of the European Court of Human Rights on religious freedom
25 July 2025 / Professor Graham Zellick CBE KC
NLJ this week: Strasbourg’s silence on ritual slaughter sparks outrage
The European Court of Human Rights’ 2024 ruling in Executief van de Moslims van België v Belgium upheld a Belgian ban on ritual slaughter without pre-stunning. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC of Middle Temple critiques its judgment
25 July 2025
New guidance on emotional support animals in court
The Equal Treatment Bench Book (ETBB), a key reference book for judges, has been updated with guidance on emotional support animals
04 June 2025
NLJ this week: What to do about FIDO? Pets after divorce
Disputes over pets during divorce are on the rise. In this week’s NLJ, Shivi Rajput, partner at Stowe Family Law, looks at recent developments in the law.
11 April 2025
All bark, no bite? Premium Content
Is the UK playing catch-up in its lack of laws surrounding pet disputes? Shivi Rajput considers the current treatment of four-legged family members
11 April 2025 / Shivi Rajput
Government urged to take action on animal cruelty tourism
A collaboration of more than 100 animal charities and campaigners have signed an open letter co-organised by a solicitor urging the Environment Secretary to bring the Animals (Low-Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023 into effect.
06 March 2025
Action on animal cruelty tourism
Progress is being made on banning adverts and sale of unethical holiday activities abroad such as swimming with dolphins and playing football with elephants
22 October 2024
Animal cruelty sentences increased
Judges and magistrates have for the first time been given sentencing guidelines for the most serious animal cruelty offences, including tail docking, ear cropping, fighting and causing unnecessary suffering.
10 May 2023
Punishment upped for animal cruelty
Tail docking, animal fighting, animal mutilation, administering poison and causing unnecessary suffering are to be given more severe sentences, under proposed Sentencing Council guidelines
11 May 2022
Bats at risk from HS2
Environmental protesters have lost their legal case to protect rare barbastelle bats roosting in the path of the High Speed Two (HS2) rail link.
28 April 2021
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Online safety against serious harm
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Law reform ahead
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
Bullying & harassment at the Bar
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
The Sentencing Bill: Crime & punishment revisited
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
Changing faces
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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