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Back to SearchStrikes Minimum Service Levels
There are strikes again this week, by junior doctors, and train and tube drivers. The government's Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) bill aims to requ…
3 years, 2 months ago
Justice for Ukraine
A year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Joshua asks Attorney General Victoria Prentis MP and Professor Philippe Sands KC how the law can help to d…
3 years, 2 months ago
Full-length interview with Robert Spano, recent president of the ECHR
The international lawyer Robert Spano, originally from Iceland, has just completed his nine-year stint as a judge at the European Court of Human Righ…
3 years, 6 months ago
The UK and the European Court of Human Rights
Is the UK on a collision course with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg? So far the UK's relationship with the ECHR has been a good on…
3 years, 6 months ago
Protest and the Law
Climate change activists have caused a lot of disruption over the past year, and recently also made headlines with stunts like throwing tomato soup a…
3 years, 6 months ago
Scrapping European law
The government is currently committed to a bonfire of laws which were inherited from the EU after Brexit - including things like the right to four we…
3 years, 6 months ago
Secrecy in the Court of Protection?
How can a court decide that a young woman is to have medical treatment without her knowledge or that of her mother or guardian? The Court of Protecti…
3 years, 7 months ago
Prison Education
Prison education is “chaotic”, says the House of Commons Education Select Committee, and often “inadequate” says Ofsted. Yet, if done right, it can h…
3 years, 10 months ago
Human Rights: Reforming the Law
Can the proposed British Bill of Rights be compatible with international law? Joshua Rozenberg speaks to Mark Elliott, Professor of Public Law and C…
3 years, 10 months ago
Why do so few rape cases go to court?
Explaining the barriers to conviction at every stage of the criminal justice system. Prosecutions for the crime have declined by 40% over the last fo…
3 years, 11 months ago