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The High Seas Treaty, which protects marine biodiversity, received its 60th ratification from Morocco and so will enter into force in January 2026. news.un.org/en/story/202...; highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratif...

BREAKING: President Trump signs a proclamation to overhaul the H-1B visa program for high-skilled workers, including a new $100,000 annual fee.

It is 20 years since Conor Gearty gave the Hamlyn Lectures on Can Human Rights Survive? As a mark of respect following the dreadful news of his, Cambridge University Press & Assessment has made these lectures Open Access for the remainder of the year. You can find them here: lnkd.in/e5Xrt2G5

The data examined @financialtimes.com

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If you are a company director start trying to verify your gov.uk ID for Companies House now. The deadline is 18 November 2025 & it may well take you until then to navigate the procedure.

A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text: caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Law Commission 14th programme of law reform – and a vulnerable adults project on the horizon? The Law Commission of England & Wales published its 14th programme of law reform on 4 September - i.e. its proposed plan of work for the years ahead.  It includes ten new projects (alongside existing…

Staff of @gwr.com as usual making heroic efforts to mitigate effect of dreadful service. Rail replacement bus, delayed train, thanks to guard changed at different station from schedule to connect with (delayed) train. Constant, inane, pointless electronic announcements at stations make things worse.

Briefing paper from @houseofcommons.parliament.uk library on the constitutional status of the Crown Dependencies,(Bailiwicks of Jersey and of Guernsey, the latter including Alderney & Sark, & the Isle of Man.

Wonderful tributes from colleagues at Matrix chambers for Professor Conor Gearty.

Saddened to hear that Professor Conor Gearty @lselaw.bsky.social & Matrix Chambers has died. A brilliant speaker & writer on human rights, a kind & fun presence, committed to getting the message out there & more successful than most in doing so. A link to his website conorgearty.co.uk

🥳 And that’s a wrap! 🥳 The new edition of the Court of Protection Handbook is now officially at the printers! Available from the 3rd week of Sept but you can pre-order your print copy now: www.lag.org.uk?id=216768 #AccessToJustice

🆕 publication alert ✨ I’m delighted our paper on Waves of Securitisation: The Rise, Fall and Resurgence of Citizenship Stripping Regulations in Europe, with Luuk vd Baaren & Maria Gerdes is out now in Statelessness & Citizenship Review! 🔗 statelessnessandcitizenshipreview.com/index.php/jo...

⚡️Germany, Poland, Czech Republic named first countries included in Ukraine's multiple citizenship law. The new law will be extended to these three countries first, and then to the U.S. and Canada, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

They don’t realise they’ve become the art installation

Did they cover it up to underline that some protests will not be tolerated, or because the judge has a gavel?

🚨 New guides launched! Two practical tools for social workers supporting children in care with immigration + citizenship issues. 🔗 Download both here: gmiau.org/new-guides-f... 🗓️ Free online launch & training – 11 Sept, 10am: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gmiau-chil...

New to BlueSky and interested in #citizenship? Here’s a Starter Pack with some folks working in the field of citizenship studies, or on related issues #migcitsky There’s still space to add people to the list! go.bsky.app/5vLDGon

Special visa schemes for Ukrainians https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9473/

New Code des personnes et de la famille in Burkina Faso includes amendments to nationality law : measures against statelessness, acquisition by marriage no longer automatic, deprivation for acts against the national interest burkina24.com/2025/09/02/b...

An Aug. 29 policy statement from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the federal agency, will from now on bar nonpartisan groups such as the League of Women Voters from offering voter registration services at the end of naturalization ceremonies. /1

The UK cannot leave the European Convention on Human Rights without violating the Good Friday agreement. If in doubt, read it. www.gov.uk/government/p...

SCIE sounds the alarm on MCA reform The Social Care Institute for Excellence is not normally an alarmist body, which makes its recent (26 August 2025) statement on MCA reform all the more striking.  I reproduce the material sections below: Failure to act on long-delayed reforms to the Mental…

Amber James as Celia steals the show in As you like it @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social

"unfortunate"

The government proposes to change the asylum appeals system. Again. Yet another rehash of the "Fairer. Faster. Firmer." white paper (Cm 4018) & the Immigration & Asylum Act 1999, the ill-fated enshrining of the support tail wagging the protection dog. Oh,& the 1999 Act renamed adjudicators "judges"

For the 1st time the UK will be the the subject of an @amnesty.org global urgent action. It says this is to "protect the right to protest in the UK, following the arrest, since July 2025, of over 700 people for peacefully protesting in support of Palestine Action" www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Cyprus Council of Ministers has decided to revoke citizenship given to 306 persons under the #citizenshipbyinvestment scheme in place 2007-2020 (88 investors and 218 family members) - other investigations still underway (slowly) cyprus-mail.com/2025/08/17/t...

UK Parliament Joint Committee on Human Rights report on accountability for Daesh crimes includes call for greater oversight of #citizenshipdeprivation powers (& greater openness to #universaljurisdiction prosecutions) (to be debated in HoL 9 Sept) lordslibrary.parliament.uk/joint-commit...

Unsurprising Upper Tribunal endorsed this when Upper Tribunal judges do the same. Have had Court of Appeal Judges take a very dim view of some of those Upper Tribunal refusals of permission against poor determinations.

Dr Kandiah of Mr Jenrick MP's comments “These words echo a fear many have absorbed – fear of the stranger. The technical name for this is xenophobia.” xenos ξένος fear φόβος Why is the BBC apologising?

Comments on costs at the end of the determination worth reviewing tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/jr-202...

“There are more things in heaven and earth that are dreamt of in the philosophy of NHS treatment” – a Court of Protection story The flipside of the intense focus on the wishes, feelings, beliefs and values of the person required by s.4 MCA 2005, as clarified by the Supreme Court in Aintree v…

At book group, organised by Winstone's Hunting Raven, where we read the month's proofs. Top rated this month SJ Fleet The Cut Throat Trial by SJ Fleet (, described as "Briliant" by the reviewer who is not a lawyer but is an expert in contemporary crime fiction. Did sound a bit gory though.‬

At Winstone's Hunting Raven's book group, where we read the month's proofs. Top rated this month, The Cut Throat Trial by SJ Fleet ( @barristersecret.bsky.social‬) described as "Brilliant" by reviewer (not a lawyer, but an expert in contemporary crime fiction). Does sound a bit gory though.

Gillick is not a universal test – an important clarification from the Court of Appeal For years, lawyers and clinicians have thrown around the term ‘Gillick competence’ as if it were a universal test to apply to analyse the decision-making abilities of children.  More recently,  they have largely…

The text of my keynote address to the 2025 ALBA Conference last month is now on my website: www.daqc.co.uk/2025/08/03/p....

When does a Court of Protection order do more harm than good? Anorexia, the Court of Protection, and the ‘impossible burden’ Patricia's Father & Ors v Patricia & Ors EWCOP 30 (T3) is a challenging case at a number of levels, over and above the human tragedy at the centre of it. Procedurally, it…

Thanks to the wondeful Royal Albert Hall staff for whisking me through in time to take my seat for this splendid prom.

Every state defines its own rules for gaining and losing citizenship. This clear, visually rich report by @globalcit.bsky.social captures the diverse ways countries shape and control who belongs and who doesn’t. globalgovernanceprogramme.eui.eu/global-state...

RNLI summer sale shop.rnli.org

Once again the RNLI stands up to the haters. Its donation page is here rnli.org/support-us/g... And it has a shop shop.rnli.org www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My @onepumpcourt.co.uk colleague Ben Bundock was part of the team for the family, instructed by @bindmans.com with Tim Owen KC and Tim James-Matthews of Matrix. Congratulations to all. Judgment here www.judiciary.uk/judgments/be...

The Court of Protection (Amendment) Rules 2025 These Rules were laid before Parliament on 15 July, and come into force on 1 October 2025.  They make a number of changes in relation to committal proceedings, especially to pick up the problems identified by Poole J in Esper v NHS North West London…

The Prime Minister's statement on Gaza needs editing. For "suffering and starvation" substitute "genocide ". For "situation has been grave" "situation has been a genocide". For "humanitarian catastrophe" "genocide". www.gov.uk/government/n....

Three acclaimed voices on migration, @sallyhayd.bsky.social, @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social & @horatioclare.bsky.social, will come together at @foylesforbooks.bsky.social to discuss their on-the-ground reporting and the failures of the asylum system. 🎟️https://www.foyles.co.uk/events/on-migration