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Sioned Wyn Roberts & Agata Patyna urge the government to reconsider new immigration measures & stop deporting homeless people

Michael Zander QC reports on the George Floyd case, now nearing its end

ClientEarth has released a statement explaining its decision to launch a landmark legal challenge against the Belgian National Bank for not fulfilling human rights and environmental requirements when purchasing corporate assets.

Europol has published the European Union Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA 2021) which outlines threats of serious and organised crime facing the EU.

The UK is one of the most economically and socially unequal countries in the world, according to the Equality Trust, Theo Huckle QC writes in this week’s NLJ.

Theo Huckle QC puts UK anti-discrimination laws & inequality in the spotlight & asks what we can do to effect lasting change

The Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law has highlighted a ‘significant rule of law problem’ with the looser COVID-19 lockdown regime introduced this week

Human rights at risk under Bill proposals, warn campaigners

No compelling case for reform of the Human Rights Act exists, MPs and peers have warned.

The government must take a tougher role in enforcing the Modern Slavery Act’s measures on transparency in supply chains, a report commissioned by the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre has found.

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Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Corporate team welcomes paralegal in Southampton

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

London firm strengthens real estate team with partner appointment

Cripps—Radius Law

Commercial and technology practice boosted by team hire

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Child focused courts to roll out nationwide

Pathfinder courts—renamed ‘Child focused courts’—are to be rolled out nationally, following a successful pilot where backlogs halved and cases were resolved up to seven and a half months faster

Bad behaviour must relate to proceedings, holds Court of Appeal

The Court of Appeal has unanimously dismissed a £385,000 costs order against a father, in a case that centred on what is required to meet the threshold of ‘reprehensible or unreasonable’ behaviour

Burials and cremation law under review

Centuries-old burial laws would be overhauled, under Law Commission proposals to address the burgeoning problem of shortage of cemetery space

Reducing women’s imprisonment

The government has committed an extra £32m to women’s charities and services tackling addiction, trauma, abuse and homelessness

Financial Ombudsman to return to its roots

The Financial Ombudsman is poised for major reform to return it to a simple, impartial dispute resolution service

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Human rights

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

Cripps—Radius Law