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Separation of powers

23 February 2022
Issue: 7968 / Categories: Legal News , Constitutional law
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The House of Lords Constitution Committee has launched an inquiry into the roles of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers, exploring how they currently operate, how they have evolved since the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 and whether any changes are necessary

The committee will look into the extent to which office holders can maintain impartiality, given their position in the government, and whether their ability to uphold the rule of law and defend the independence of the judiciary is affected.

It asks whether recent events have demonstrated a shift in how the duty to protect the rule of law is being performed. Submit written evidence by 5pm on 18 March 2022.

Find out more here.

Issue: 7968 / Categories: Legal News , Constitutional law
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NEWS
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
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
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
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
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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