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NLJ this week: Leaving the Convention?

11 December 2020
Issue: 7914 / Categories: Legal News , EU , Human rights , Brexit
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The government sparked controversy this week by announcing a review of the Human Rights Act 1998. 

Quick off the mark, barrister Alec Samuels makes the case in NLJ this week for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (something the government has said it has no intention of doing―the review panel will look at the application of the rights in domestic law).

Samuels casts a critical eye over the current framework of rights, and suggests that ‘in many situations the apparent protections may in fact even be illusory’.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
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
County court cases are speeding up, with the median time from claim to hearing 62 weeks for fast, intermediate and multi-track claims—5.4 weeks faster than last year
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 Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured £1.1m in its first use of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO)

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