This week’s roundup of legal news includes war crimes, deprivation of liberty, and the Post Office IT scandal; plus recent case law and commentary. — International law War crimes A warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his children’s minister, Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova, has been issued by the judges of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Both are alleged to be responsible for the war crimes of unlawful deportation of population (children) and of unlawful…

This week’s roundup of legal news includes a political football, contested legislation, and other topical developments; plus recent case law and commentary. — Politics Pitched battle Last week it was the turn of the lawyers and civil servants; this week the fury of the government and supporters of its new immigration Bill was turned on a well-known football commentator who had tweeted critically of the dehumanising language used to justify the legislation.

This week’s roundup of legal news includes Brexit, prisons, politics and whatnot; plus recent case law and commentary. — Brexit Windsor Framework In an effort to solve problems arising from the Northern Ireland Protocol, and following constructive negotiations with the European Union, the government has proposed a new agreement to regulate the movement of goods between the British mainland and Northern Ireland. The Windsor Framework (CP 806) “fundamentally amends the text and…

This week’s roundup of legal news includes immigration, court reform, justice data, marriage, plus recent case law and commentary. — Immigration Drowning in claims? The asylum backlog has reached over 160,000 people, according to a recent post by Colin Yeo on Free Movement: Latest asylum stats show the Home Office failing on all fronts. There 160,919 awaiting an initial decision, or 166,261 in total once fresh asylum claims are counted as well. Unsurprisingly, says…

This week’s roundup of legal news includes popup courts, morality and sentencing, professional regulation. Plus recent case law and commentary. — Courts Nightingale courts to continue If the stool pigeon sings like a canary in a nightingale court, will the defendant get bird for robin the bank? A more serious question might be, if HMCTS hadn’t sold off so many courts to pay for its massive budget-busting Reform programme, would we need to keep so many…

This week’s roundup of legal news includes financial services, legal professions, media freedom (or the lack of it), and the international rule of law; plus the latest case law and commentary. — Financial services Crypto promo The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that any cryptoasset firms marketing to UK consumers, including firms based overseas, will soon need to comply with the new UK financial promotions regime. The FAC says it will take “robust action” against firms breaching these requirements. But to be clear, these requirements…

This week’s roundup of legal news includes treason, threats to public interest journalism, and artificial intelligence, as well as recent case law and commentary. — Crime Trick or treason Last week a man pleaded guilty to an offence under the Treason Act 1842 having been arrested in the grounds of Windsor Castle on Christmas Day 2021, armed with a crossbow and telling a protection officer “I am here to kill the Queen”.

This week’s roundup of legal news includes police criminality, transparency in the family courts and Court of Protection, judicial conduct, and pending legislation. Plus new case law and commentary. — Police Ill Met by sunlight Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has vowed to clean up the Metropolitan Police, whose reputation has been infected by a succession of so-called “bad apples” — officers found to have committed sexual and violent offences or to have conducted themselves in abusive and prejudicial ways and, in short, not behaved in…

This week’s roundup of legal news includes the rule of law at home and abroad, open justice and transparency in the family courts, compensation in the post office inquiry; plus recent case law and commentary. — The Constitution Defending the rule of law The Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers must have the character, authority, intellect and independence to defend the rule of law, says a report published last week by the House of Lords Committee on the Constitution. Its report on The roles of the Lord Chancellor and the Law Officers (HL…