Human rights can’t be negotiated or eliminated
Human rights defender Jorge Eliecer Molano Rodriguez talks exclusively to John van der Luit-Drummond on why he is hopeful for Colombia’s future…
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Saatchi ‘stuck in the past’ while Falconer looks to the future
Is there room in law for both the Medical Innovation and Assisted Dying Bills ‘Two Bills, both alike in dignity, in fair…
Read moreHas anyone won the Magna Carta propaganda war?
Arguments to keep the Human Rights Act alive are sprinkled with quotes about the charter, while the government celebrates an antiquity It…
Read moreMisery loves company
‘For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens “as long as you obey the law, we…
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Independent menace
Issues that truly matter
It comes as little surprise that the rule of law and access to justice were not front and centre of any political…
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Review: Global Law Summit
Interview: Patrick Allen
The GLS and NTGLS: keeping lawyers apart
How Chris Grayling became a Keyser Söze figure to the legal profession At the start of the week I asked: will the…
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Patrick Allen: In pursuit of social reform
Even after four decades of practice, Hodge Jones & Allen’s Patrick Allen still believes the law is an instrument for social justice…
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