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• The Guardian view on refugee rights: a warning from history | Editorial

  08-03-2023 19:30
  
  Rishi Sunak’s pretence of serious statecraft is belied by his embrace of shabby populism when it comes to immigration lawBritain did not sign up to the 1951 United Nations refugee convention by accident, nor was the country bamboozled into the European convention on human rights and cooperation with the Strasbourg court that enforces the convention. It was an architect of those institutions.The ambition was to lay solid foundations of European cooperation for the establishment of a peacefu
  
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• Sunak criticised for 'startling ignorance' over lefty lawyer attack

  08-03-2023 19:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Bar chief says prime minister's comments and Conservative party email betray ignorance of role of lawyers in society.
  
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• What are the legal obstacles faced by the UK’s illegal migration bill?

  08-03-2023 19:02
  
  Suella Braverman has denied the government is breaking the law but experts say it faces many challenges A major piece of legislation unveiled this week seeks to achieve nothing less than the holy grail of current immigration policy: making asylum claims inadmissible from those who travel to the UK on small boats.The illegal migration bill, to give its provisional title, would involve a duty placed on the home secretary to remove “as soon as reasonably practicable”, to Rwanda or a &ld
  
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• EU could end joint policing if UK quits ECHR over small boat crossings

  08-03-2023 18:44
  
  Legal experts say Brussels has right to take retaliatory action, making cross-border law enforcement harderUK politics live – latest news updatesThe UK’s trade agreement with the EU could be immediately terminated if the British government quits the European convention on human rights (EHCR) over the issue of stopping small boat crossings across the Channel, legal experts have said.Under the 2020 trade and cooperation agreement (TCA), the EU has the right to take retaliatory action i
  
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• Brexit trade treaty could be terminated if UK quits ECHR over small boat crossings

  08-03-2023 18:44
  
  Legal experts say Brussels has right to take retaliatory action, making cross-border law enforcement harderUK politics live – latest news updatesThe UK’s trade agreement with the EU could be immediately terminated if the British government quits the European convention on human rights (EHCR) over the issue of stopping small boat crossings across the Channel, legal experts have said.Under the 2020 trade and cooperation agreement (TCA), the EU has the right to take retaliatory action i
  
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• Suella Braverman accused of rule breach over ‘blob of civil servants’ email

  08-03-2023 17:33
  
  Call for ministerial code inquiry over message blaming civil servants for failure to stop Channel crossingsUK politics live – latest news updatesSuella Braverman has been accused of potentially breaking ministerial rules by questioning the impartiality of public servants over small boat crossings in a Conservative campaign message.In an email to thousands of Tory supporters, the home secretary blamed “an activist blob of leftwing lawyers, civil servants and the Labour party” fo
  
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• Permission to proceed not enough to stop indemnity costs

  08-03-2023 16:19 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Court issues tough costs penalty after claimants only passed ‘low hurdle’ of getting to trial.
  
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• Firm's director sent 'torrent' of accusatory messages to junior, tribunal hears

  08-03-2023 14:36 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  One witness describes how Oliver Bretherton referred to female interviewee as ‘the fittest’.
  
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• MoJ to revise 'outdated' thresholds for court fee remission scheme

  08-03-2023 14:27 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Consultation paper says income thresholds are out of step with increased living costs.
  
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• Criminal bar losing patience over government delay

  08-03-2023 13:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Absence of legislation to remunerate preparatory work 'breach of deal' that led to barristers suspending strike.
  
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• Working with others – let’s get Fit for Law

  08-03-2023 12:18 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Learning essential skills, reflective practice and supervision, and managing client relationships.
  
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• Dozens of lawyers arrested and detained in Iran amid protests

  08-03-2023 11:05 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Chancery Lane urges Iranian authorities to uphold right to a fair trial and let lawyers do their job without intimidation.
  
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• 'Cavalier' solicitor 'poses risk to public' over client account mishandling

  08-03-2023 10:09 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Tribunal says ‘fundamental failings’ of solicitor mean an indefinite restriction order is necessary.
  
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• Braverman denies small boats plan breaks law and struggles with Mo Farah question

  08-03-2023 09:51
  
  Home secretary is asked whether Olympian would have been deported as soon as he turned 18 under proposalsUK politics live – latest news updatesSuella Braverman has denied the government is breaking the law with its immigration proposals, despite telling Conservatives there was a more than 50% chance the plans may be incompatible with the European convention on human rights.The home secretary also struggled to clarify whether the Olympian Sir Mo Farah would have been deported as soon as he
  
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• Braverman denies small boats plan breaks law after being asked about Mo Farah

  08-03-2023 09:51
  
  Home secretary struggles to clarify if Olympian would have been deported as soon as he turned 18 under proposalsSuella Braverman has denied the government is breaking the law with controversial measures in which asylum seekers arriving in the UK via small boats will be detained and deported, despite telling Conservatives there was a more than 50% chance the plans may be incompatible with the European convention on human rights.The home secretary on Wednesday struggled to clarify if the Olympian
  
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• Campaign calls for gender apartheid to be crime under international law

  08-03-2023 09:00
  
  Prominent Afghans and Iranians say current laws do not capture the systematic suppression of womenA prominent group of Afghan and Iranian women are backing a campaign calling for gender apartheid to be recognised as a crime under international law.The campaign, launched on International Women’s Day, reflects a belief that the current laws covering discrimination against women do not capture the systematic nature of the policies imposed in Afghanistan and Iran to downgrade the status of wom
  
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• Court restrictions on climate protesters ‘deeply concerning’, say leading lawyers

  08-03-2023 07:00
  
  Three non-violent Insulate Britain activists have been jailed for telling juries why they were protestingRestrictions placed on non-violent climate protesters who have been tried in criminal courts were part of a “deeply concerning” “pincer movement” narrowing their rights to free expression, leading lawyers have told the Guardian.Three Insulate Britain activists are serving jail terms for contempt of court for breaching rulings made by a judge that they were not to menti
  
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