Stand up, Step Forward, Go Home: Lessons Learned from Windrush
“[t]hose aboard the Windrush...felt they were answering a call from the ‘motherland’ to help her in her time of need after World War Two....
Covid-19 Testing and the Dissonance of Law
The Coronavirus Act 2020 came into force on 25 March (s. 87). For the next two years at least, it is likely to represent the UK...
Disruptive Innovations: The Case of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE)
For several years now, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been working toward the design and implementation of a single,...
When the Court Has Its Say About Brexit Day…
On 30 January 2020, the Council of the European Union (Council) voted to adopt the agreement on the withdrawal of the UK and Northern...
The Hostile Environment On Trial
Next Tuesday and Wednesday (14 and 15 January 2020), the Court of Appeal is scheduled to hear the government’s challenge against a High...
Unjust Laws and Legal Education
A Review of Amelia Gentleman, The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment, Guardian Faber, 2019. 320 pp. £18.99 (HB). ISBN:...
An End to the “Management” of Racism in British Universities?
Racism in British universities is not being addressed, it is being managed. As far as it is possible to do so, the “management” of...
Can the UK's Article 50 Notification be Revoked During the UK/EU Transitional Period?
On 19 October 2019, the UK Parliament was formally presented with the text of a document which purports to set out the terms on which the...
European Council Decision 20 October 2019
As a consequence of the European Union (withdrawal) (No. 2) Act 2019, the European Council (EC) is bound to consider granting the UK a...
Policing Legal Rights
A Review of Aziz Choudry (ed.), Activists and the Surveillance State: Learning from Repression, Pluto Press, 2019. 264 pp. £29.00 (PB)....