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Trump’s DEI policies can’t affect UK legal firms? Think again

As the Trump administration 2.0 continues to cause turmoil, Catherine Hobby, Kingsley Owusu and Robert Sizer explore the detrimental impact on UK diversity, equality and inclusion (DEI) practices of events in the US and highlight the importance of positive action

Navigating shifting sands: the retreat from diversity pledges and the UK business landscape

Sajida Hussain, a Legal Director at Addleshaw Goddard, takes a closer look at the retreat by certain notable companies in regard to their diversity commitments and the likely impact in the UK

Court upholds conviction of alleged terrorist group members

The European Court of Human Rights upheld the conviction of individuals accused of membership in a terrorist organisation

Diversity, equity and inclusion: you can make the messenger but not the message redundant

John Hayes, Managing Partner at Constantine Law, shares his thoughts on whether the rollback on DEI happening in the United States will be replicated in the UK

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon challenges solitary confinement

Stephen Yaxley-Lennon sought judicial review over his solitary confinement, citing human rights violations

Will legal aid, as with so many other public services, simply be co-opted into a system of managed decline?

Daniel Newman, Professor in Law at Cardiff University, Emma Cooke, Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Kent, and Jess Mant, a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University, discuss the findings from their recent project funded by the British Academy on the legal aid sector

The painful reality of the Sara Sharif case

Catherine Gee, a Barrister at Pump Court Chambers, discusses the issues raised by the Sara Sharif case and the decision to publish the names of the judges involved

Civil legal aid reform: restoring access to justice or running out of time?

Sonia Kalsi, an Associate Professor (Teaching) at the Faculty of Laws at University College London and Deputy Director (Teaching & Learning) of the Faculty’s Centre for Access to Justice, asks whether it’s too late to save civil legal aid