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IBA awards now open
Calling outstanding lawyers and those who know them! Nominations are open for the following International Bar Association (IBA) annual awards: the IBA Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Legal Practitioner to Human Rights, the IBA Pro Bono Award and the IBA Outstanding Young Lawyer Award
11 March 2020
IBA slates Assange ‘mistreatment’
The UK mistreated Wikileaks founder Julian Assange during his US extradition trial in February at Woolwich Crown Court, the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has said
11 March 2020
Free Speech in ‘this twittering world’ Premium Content
Despite clear rights to freedom of expression, those using Twitter would do well to consider the possible consequences, says Nicholas Dobson
05 March 2020 / Nicholas Dobson
IBA awards: human rights, pro bono, and young lawyer
Calling outstanding lawyers and those who know them! Nominations are open for the following International Bar Association (IBA) annual awards: the IBA Award for Outstanding Contribution by a Legal Practitioner to Human Rights, the IBA Pro Bono Award and the IBA Outstanding Young Lawyer Award
05 March 2020
False imprisonment: common ground? Premium Content
Barrister Philip Rule examines the relationship between false imprisonment & Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights
26 February 2020 / Philip Rule
Does anyone believe in witches?
Geoffrey Bindman QC breaks the spell of witchcraft
26 February 2020 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
Preventing corporate human rights harms
UK businesses want certainty on how to avoid human rights abuses
12 February 2020
Justice students
Students are invited to human rights organisation Justice’s annual student conference in London’s International Dispute Resolution Centre on 7 March
23 January 2020
NLJ this week: Reform or revenge?
What does this term of Parliament have in store? 
10 January 2020
Standing up for the Rule of Law Premium Content

An independent profession & judiciary are by no means a given in many parts of the world, says David Greene

 
28 November 2019 / David Greene
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Clarke Willmott—Megan Bradbury

Corporate team welcomes paralegal in Southampton

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

Howard Kennedy—Paul Moran

London firm strengthens real estate team with partner appointment

Cripps—Radius Law

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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