‘Garden Court Chambers’ Amanda Weston QC delivered the plenary speech at our inaugural Migrant Support Conference with Legal Action Group (LAG) on 28 November 2018.’
Garden Court Chambers, 3rd December 2018
‘The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued a reminder to solicitors to adhere to all their professional obligations when engaged in litigation, “and not to become ‘hired guns’ just carrying out instructions that are in the best interests of clients”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 27th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Regulators have vowed to take action against any solicitor found to have neglected their wider obligations simply to keep a client happy.’
Law Society's Gazette, 27th November 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Speech by Lord Justice Singh: Racial Equality and the Law,’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 14th November 2018
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Lawyers have been urged to look at radical new approaches to ‘rebrand’ justice so as to build public and political understanding of its value.’
Legal Futures, 30th October 2018
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Speech by Lord Justice Gross: How can judges strengthen the rule of law?’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 15th October 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Over the next six months of the Brexit process, the UK Parliament will make a number of decisions that will have a profound impact on the UK’s constitution and its legal systems. In a Bingham Centre for the Rule Law Report published this week, The Withdrawal Agreement and the Political Declaration: A Preliminary Rule of Law Analysis, we argue that the next six months represents a major test for the Rule of Law in the UK.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 10th October 2018
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Speech by The Right Hon. The Lord Burnett of Maldon: Becoming Stronger Together.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 10th September 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary David Gauke gave a speech at the Lord Mayor’s Dinner for HM Judges at Mansion House.’
Ministry of Justice, 4th July 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
‘Speech by The Right Hon. The Lord Burnett of Maldon: Dinner for Her Majesty’s Judges 2018.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 4th July 2018
Source: www.judiciary.uk
‘Speech by Sir Ernest Ryder, Senior President of Tribunals: Securing Open Justice.’
Courts and Tribunals Judiciary, 1st February 2018
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘Fundamental human rights are reported to have diminished in almost two-thirds of the 113 countries surveyed for the 2018 Rule of Law Index, amid concerns over a worldwide surge in authoritarian nationalism and a retreat from international legal obligations.’
The Guardian, 31st January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘On 1 December 2017 an event in Temple Church with the Bar Council in collaboration with Refugee Tales, an outreach project whose aim is to see the end of indefinite immigration detention, saw an announcement of new recommendations for reform of the system of immigration detention.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 12th December 2017
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Dominic Raab addressed guests at the Policy Exchange in London for the launch of the Linklaters report ‘The Rule of Law: everyone has a part to play’.’
Ministry of Justice, 7th December 2017
Source: www.gov.uk
‘This post is in two parts. The first post (available here) addressed the detail of McCombe LJ’s judgment in Roszkowski v Secretary State for the Home Department (‘Roszkowski’) and in particular the impact of the differing judgments in R (Evans) v Attorney General (‘Evans’). This second post puts forward an alternative argument not canvassed in Evans or Roszkowski. A version of the argument was first suggested in a case note on Evans written by the author in the Modern Law Review. This second post also addresses some implications for Privacy International.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 11th December 2017
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘I have previously written on this blog and elsewhere about statutory interpretation and the rule of law. In the previous blog post I stated that the idea “that the courts will not allow the executive to escape their jurisdiction is well established as part of the rule of law” and referenced, inter alia, Anisminic Ltd v Foreign Compensation Commission [1969] 2 AC 147 (HL) to support this view.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 4th December 2017
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘Judges are being put under “intolerable pressure” by social media users who criticise their decisions, the Lord Chief Justice has said.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st November 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘The legal implications of leaving the EU have not been thought through, could overwhelm the supreme court and endanger the independence of the British judiciary, four senior retired judges have warned.’
The Guardian, 21st November 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
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