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Could Northern Ireland become a migrant sanctuary?

Yesterday, the High Court in Belfast dealt a blow to the government when it struck down several provisions in the Illegal Migration Act 2023, and...

14.05.2024 40

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Why a disabled pedestrian had her cyclist manslaughter conviction quashed

A woman who shouted and waved at a cyclist, causing her to fall in front of a car, has had her manslaughter conviction overturned. Auriol Grey, who...

09.05.2024 10

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The Rwanda Bill won’t survive contact with reality

After significant wrangling in parliament, the government has finally passed its Rwanda Bill – while managing to resist any significant new...

24.04.2024 10

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What Strasbourg’s climate ruling means for Europe

Today, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on an unprecedented trio of cases which claimed that European states have taken insufficient action to...

09.04.2024 10

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Should the UK impose an arms embargo on Israel?

Yesterday, a letter from 600 legal experts, including four former Supreme Court judges, was published, arguing that the UK government should impose...

05.04.2024 10

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Why climate protestors lost the right to cause criminal damage

Yesterday, the Lady Chief Justice, Lady Carr, delivered a judgment on protest law which may close a remarkable loophole which had been exploited by...

19.03.2024 4

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Could this Lords paper save the Rwanda Bill?

Parliamentary procedures and conventions are often dismissed as ‘arcane’ or ‘byzantine’ by commentators. Still, on occasion, they can have a...

04.03.2024 7

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Protests targeting MPs’ homes must not become the norm

On Monday evening, more than 60 activists gathered outside the home of Tobias Ellwood, a Conservative backbencher and former junior defence minister...

15.02.2024 20

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It will be difficult for Israel to ignore this ICJ ruling

Yesterday, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered an interim ruling on South Africa’s genocide case against Israel. Its decision is...

27.01.2024 10

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What will happen to the Rwanda Bill in the Lords?

Rishi Sunak will have been delighted last night to see his Rwanda Bill pass in the Commons, by 320 votes to 276. An expected Conservative rebellion...

18.01.2024 10

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Ireland could regret its attack on the Troubles law

The Irish government has controversially announced that it will bring an inter-state claim against the UK in the European Court of Human Rights over...

22.12.2023 6

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The Rwanda Bill is going to be hugely contentious

On Wednesday, the government finally published its promised ‘emergency legislation’, after the Supreme Court ruled in November that the Rwanda...

07.12.2023 3

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Has Sunak done enough to fix the Rwanda plan?

When the Supreme Court found against the government on the Home Office’s Rwanda policy in November, the plan appeared to be dead in the water. The...

06.12.2023 30

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Why the Supreme Court demolished the Rwanda scheme

In its simple and comprehensible judgment, the Supreme Court has dealt a crushing blow to the Home Office’s Rwanda policy this morning.   The...

15.11.2023 7

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Gaza protests / The case for prosecuting ‘from the river to the sea’

As an international lawyer, splitting my time between London and Brussels, I dare say I might be considered one of Theresa May’s ‘citizens of...

04.11.2023 8

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Labour conference / Will constitutional reform be on Starmer’s conference agenda?

As Labour travels to Liverpool this weekend, one issue which will attract attention is the extent to which Sir Keir Starmer spells out his vision on...

07.10.2023 7

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