Human rights

Articles

17 Oct 2016

Half of global businesses at risk of human rights breach claims

UK government called upon to hold companies criminally accountable for serious abuses, including those committed overseas

10 Oct 2016

How the government sees the profession: 'Fat cats', 'activists', and 'vultures'

Lawyers are the pantomime villains in the Tories' play for political point scoring, writes John van der Luit-Drummond

6 Oct 2016

'Proud' human rights lawyers accuse May of 'ignorance'

Tory attacks on legal profession continue as prime minister criticises 'harassment' of British troops

5 Oct 2016

Amber Rudd must read her history after 'abhorrent' immigration plan

Lawyers condemn Home Office proposals as discriminatory and 'racist'

5 Oct 2016

Actress tells top QCs to help refugees

10,000 refugees face imminent eviction from the Calais 'jungle'

5 Oct 2016

Armed forces should 'fight the enemy, not the lawyers'

Politicians 'vilify' lawyers with claims of industrial-scale 'spurious and vexatious' litigation

29 Sept 2016

Proportionality and private landlords

Alice Richardson analyses the Supreme Court judgment in McDonald v McDonald and considers its significance for future cases

29 Sept 2016

A year in the life

Felicity Gerry QC reflects on the trials and tribulations of the past year, including arguing before the Supreme Court for the reversal of the law on joint enterprise