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Ban child marriage: safeguard futures

Consent or coercion? Lawyers are collaborating on a proposed Bill as part of a wider campaign to criminalise marriage involving children aged under 18 

Shifting the narrative: why human rights matter

All members of the Bar can be part of a positive shift and feed the energy of those, across the world, who work to restore dignity, equality and freedom 

18 October 2019 / Schona Jolly KC

Abolishing private schools: social justice at the expense of human rights?

An examination of whether the policy endorsed by the Labour Party as part of its pledge to support social justice can be justified in law or is a flagrant contravention of human rights 

27 September 2019 / Jeremy Hyam KC

Litigating for clean air

Air quality: how bad is it and what is the law doing in response? 

23 September 2019 / Rose Grogan

What’s it to the EU? Assange’s extradition

Enhanced protection in law by means of a proposed EU directive might yet be Assange’s real legacy and contribution to freedom in reporting information 

23 September 2019 / Abigail Bright

PTSD and working in an underfunded sector

Is a legal aid lawyer’s work all stress and distress? And what can we do about it? 

23 September 2019 / Professor Jo Delahunty KC

Process of discovery

What Brexit has taught us so far: with Parliament standing prorogued, the Commons Speaker gives a robust defence of Parliament’s role as a check on executive ‘malpractice’ and pledges all the ‘procedural creativity’ necessary 

19 September 2019 / Dr Jack Simson Caird

Inquisitorial inquests and barrister-blaming

Who are these inappropriate, unhelpful lawyers who don’t get that inquests are inquisitorial? Stand up anyone acting for families... 

22 August 2019 / Katie Gollop KC

The CICC and the rule of law

Fair, transparent and convenient? What you need to know about China’s new International Commercial Court 

22 August 2019 / Dominic Bright

International trial observation

In states where the rule of law is fragile, the presence of an international trial observer can make the difference: a recent experience at the ‘12 Apostles’ trial in Colombia 

22 August 2019 / Sue Willman
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Hope and expectation for the new legal year

The beginning of the legal year offers the opportunity for a renewed commitment to justice and the rule of law both at home and abroad

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