This week’s roundup of legal news includes removal to Rwanda, removal of cladding, an inquisitorial trial in Paris and an adversarial one in Virginia. Plus recent case law and commentary. — Immigration Refugee removal to Rwanda A challenge to the government’s policy of removing refugees who arrive on these shores illegally to Rwanda has failed in the High Court, and the first flight out seems imminent. Mr Justice Swift refused to grant an injunction applied for on behalf of several asylum seekers facing “offshoring” to Rwanda…

This week’s roundup of legal news weighs in with imperial measures, a damn fine party report, a police plan on racism, and a boosted inquiry. Plus recent case law and commentary. — Politics Crown Imperial (measures) The novelist Evelyn Waugh once said the mistake made by the hero of H G Wells’ The Time Machine was in using it to pry into the future. He would have preferred to set it to go Slow Astern and “hover gently back through [the] centuries”.

This week’s roundup of legal news includes access to justice, legal aid, law in cyberspace, and criminal inaction. Plus recent case law and commentary. — Access to justice Social Market Foundation report Advisers stationed at GP surgeries, council offices, libraries, and other convenient locations could help more people get more timely access to civil justice, according to a report from the Social Market Foundation published today. It also recommends that policymakers should

This week’s roundup of legal news includes a princely welcome to parliament, a war of wigs between wags, a war of words over Brexit and a threat of sanctions over Russia. Plus recent case law and commentary. — Parliament Queen’s Speech proposals Though a few days later she was well enough to attend a horse show at Windsor, Her Majesty the Queen missed the state opening of Parliament last week owing to what were described as “mobility issues”. Her place was taken by HRH Prince Charles, accompanied by a crown on a…

This week’s roundup of legal news (back after the Easter break) includes recent legislation and developments in environmental and media law, prisons and courts, plus new case law and commentary. — Legislation Four new justice bills received the Royal Assent on 28 April 2022 — at the close of what has been a somewhat torrid parliamentary session — but none of them have yet been published on the official site managed by the National Archives at www.legislation.gov.uk.

This week’s roundup of legal news includes musical copyright, journalism, immigration, the Grenfell tower inquiry, barristers taking action, and the latest case law and commentary. — Intellectual Property Sheeran notes risk of being sued The popular singer Ed Sheeran has successfully defended himself against an allegation of plagiarism (breach of copyright) made against him. Sheeran was in fact the first claimant, along with his co-writers and their music publishers, in a claim for declarations that, in their song “Shape of You”, they had not…

This week’s roundup of legal news covers the judiciary, war crimes, employment tribunals, family law and legal information, plus recent case law and commentary. — Judiciary British judges leave Hong Kong The two current Supreme Court Justices who were also serving on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal have now resigned. A statement issued on 30 March by Lord Reed of of Allermuir, who is also President of the UK’s apex court, said that he and Lord Hodge, the Deputy President…

This week’s roundup of legal news includes war crimes investigation, a ferry company in the dock, contested monuments to slavers, simplified divorce, and some recent case law and commentary. — International Law War crimes On a visit to The Hague last week, the Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab MP said the UK would offer the International Criminal Court (ICC) military, policing and financial support as part of an International coalition to support ICC Russian war crimes investigation.

This week’s roundup of legal news includes legislation on economic crime and on elections, international law and human rights, searching questions for the police, and some recent case law and commentary. — Legislation Economic Crime The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 received the royal assent last week, after being rushed through Parliament in less than a fortnight. …