Territorial integrity and sovereignty are fundamental principles of international law. They are essential for Europe and for the international community as a whole.

Sir Nicholas Mostyn's obituary of Sir James Munby for the Financial Remedies Journal,

Sir James Munby, former president of the High Court family division, died on New Year’s Day. He was 77. “That he chose to spend the greater part of his career in family law was of great and long-lasting benefit," his successor Sir Andrew McFarlane said. rozenberg.substack.com/p/sir-james-...

"The emphasis must be on sensible risk appraisal, not striving to avoid all risk, whatever the price, [ ] – in particular to achieve the vital good of the elderly or vulnerable person's happiness. What good is it making someone safer if it merely makes them miserable" Vale Sir James Munby.

The US is pulling out of the International Law Commission, the single most important UN organ (after the International Court of Justice) dealing with, well, international law (by the way, an Austrian and my former boss August Reinisch is a member)

Four government defeats on the Chagos Bill in the Lords yesterday: hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2026-0...

Botswana has become the latest country to offer 'golden passports'. Around 1,000 people have registered their interest in paying $100,000 for citizenship to date, with applicants from the US, Zimbabwe and India in the top three ft.trib.al/ESNp4I1

Gripped by proof of Jane Rogoska's Hotel Exile, Paris 1933 til surviving deportees return after 1945, centred on the Hôtel Lutetia, meeting place for exiles, then German Military Intelligence HQ, then transit centre for returnees from the camps. Woven from first hand accounts. Published February.

For nonlawyers, it’s worth noting that statements like this have—as a formal matter—important legal effects as a matter of international law. If such statements are *not* made, and in volume, future arguments that Trump’s invasion sets a legal precedent will stand on much firmer legal ground.

The @nihrc.bsky.social is seeking to commission research on cross-border justice cooperation and human rights. Please share and consider tendering.

Best wishes for the Winter Solstice. Image created by Stonehenge Dronescapes.

The @nihrc.bsky.social are today launching a major new report, by @anuragdeb.bsky.social, @sylviademars.me, @aoifemod.bsky.social, Eleni Frantziou and me, on the novel arrangements for remedying breaches of the UK's obligations for rights and equality in NI under Art 2 WF: nihrc.org/assets/uploa...

www.gryklaw.com/vacancies/ Paralegal positions available at our highly-rated immigration and nationality law firm. A great way for graduates to start their career in this field. A law degree is not required. I'd be very grateful for reposts.

SA government has published a revised white paper on citizenship & immigration, tightening conditions for naturalisation www.gov.za/news/speeche...

The only attention paid by the government to family legal aid fees over the past three decades has been has been to cut them, the barristers’ leader Barbara Mills KC said in System Overload, a new report on family legal aid published by the Bar Council. rozenberg.substack.com/p/more-work-...

the detail of the changes has now been published, about 50 minutes before they come into effect assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937ed...

Know your rights. Protect your neighbors. New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.

Capacity to marry – the English perspective (and is it the last word?) Hot on the heels of the first Irish case to consider capacity to marry under their new regime, by pure coincidence of timing, the matter has returned to the English courts. In Stockport MBC v EKK EWCOP 42 (T3), Trowell J has…

Every federal court has ruled that President Trump's attempt to dismantle birthright citizenship is unconstitutional. We look forward to defeating him at the Supreme Court.

'The Master of Pembroke College Oxford, The Rt Hon Sir Ernest Ryder, is seeking an outstanding candidate to support with delivering a major externally funded research project: “Law and Democracy – Monograph on Standards in Public Life.”' www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPT086/m...

Register now for our NEW workshop series – Knowledge is Power; Detention and Enforcement on 17th December, with more dates available if you can’t make it. #MigrationisLife #NoOneisIllegal #TheseWallsMustFall ow.ly/gwu050XCPQw

Delighted as a trustee of @kalayaan.org.uk to see this motion pass & proud of all the organisation's work to promote the rights of domestic workers subject to immigration control.

A huge thank you to @hinabokharild.bsky.social for tabling & helping pass the London Assembly motion calling for more rights for migrant domestic workers to help them avoid exploitation! Thanks also to the other members for voting in support! Read the motion here: www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...

Update: *two* CJEU judgments coming Dec 18th on whether EU border agency Frontex can be held accountable in court for alleged human rights abuses. Background/analysis on these cases by Antje Kunst 1 WS eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-... 2 Hamoudi eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/04/hamo...

New Blog Alert 📣 @ninaca.bsky.social analyses how radical-right influence is driving a three-phase tightening of Finland’s naturalisation regime 🇫🇮 A shift that signals a harsher, more exclusionary model of Nordic citizenship across the region 🔍 Read 📖 shorturl.at/md5zK

Who cares? Migrant domestic workers and the cost of care New episode of Mobility, Work and Rights #podcast ft. Bridget Anderson @mmbuob.bsky.social, Rhacel Parrenas @rhacel.bsky.social, and Sabrina Marchetti Hosts: @ilsevanliempt.bsky.social & me. Listen & Follow: open.spotify.com/episode/5NjS...

The reality today is that only 8% of the countryside is open to public access, and only 3% of our rivers, with around 20 million people living more than 15 minutes from access to nature. Access under CRoW is a postcode lottery, with over 100 constituencies left with no access land at all.

FT seasonal appeal: why financial education has never been more crucial on.ft.com/48gkm0a

New post The legal and constitutional implications of the asylum white paper: Some initial thoughts publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/17/t...

Very far from the first time. Multiple findings of breaches of Article 3 in immigration detention. See my comment on the post for links. Not to mention the cases the Home Office conceded & paid damages on, including where disclosure is prohibited by the terms of the settlement.

1999 Standing Committee Immigration & Asylum Bill. Govt asked if it expected refugees to sell their wedding rings? Said yes. Asked about gold filings from their teeth. www.theguardian.com/world/1999/j...

Pleased to have taken part (online) in this workshop on a model law on nationality being debated by the Pan-African Parliament Committee on Cooperation and African stateholders - a key text for the implementation of the protocol on the eradication fo #statelessness pap.au.int/en/news/pres...

Labour did it once before. Because it is the only way to protect domestic workers romm exploitation. Do it again. The numbers are small, the (global) impact massive.

The government has a flagship Employment Rights Bill in parliament and has committed to make work pay. Passing this amendment would be such an important step to making sure rights are accessible to migrant domestic workers in practice. Its time to listen to domestic workers about what works for them

New from FM: What does the new law on deprivation of British citizenship do? | Sonia Lenegan

Book Review: János Fiala-Butoria, Implementing the Right to Decide under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Supporting the Legal Capacity of All Persons with Disabilities Book Review: János Fiala-Butoria, Implementing the Right to Decide under the Convention on the Rights…

Link to judgment in The King v Soldier F [2025] NICC 30 "[206] Soldiers G, H, F and E were part of the initial group of soldiers who entered the square and were responsible for the deaths and woundings. They had totally lost all sense of military discipline". www.judiciaryni.uk/files/judici...

Don't miss our free webinar next Wednesday! Hear Rachel Francis and James Anthony Shaw provide an overview of post-placement and post-adoption contact, key issues in practice and relevant case law. Secure your place now > www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-aut...

New post on refugeehistory.org: were there refugees in 16thC England? Answer: it's complicated - migrants and the state were in the process of negotiating a form of refugee protection, which helps us to complicate notions of Britain's "proud history of welcome": tinyurl.com/bdyevr4d

Palestine Action can challenge proscription. Removing it from the list of proscribed organisations would not produce an equivalent result (e.g.or those charged for supporting a proscribed organisation.

"Vilifying lawyers puts them at risk" @thebarcouncil.bsky.social Faculty of Advocates & the law societies. "Lawyers should never suffer adverse consequences because they are identified with their clients or their clients’ causes. Lawyers are not their clients" www.barcouncil.org.uk/resource/vil...

39 Essex Chambers October 2025 Mental Capacity Report and walkthrough Welcome to the October 2025 Mental Capacity Report. Highlights this month include: In the Health, Welfare and Deprivation of Liberty Report: time-specificity of capacity (again), a Welsh primer on key caselaw and urban myths…

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I have just found udm14.com which gives access to Google searches without the AI overview (and details of more complex ways to achieve the same thing).

New UT(IAC) President appointed: Mr Justice Lavender www.judiciary.uk/appointments...

Motability, contracts and deputies [I set out here a press release from the Office of the Public Guardian - the 'clarification' relates to a consent order, rather than a judgment.  If / when the consent order is made public I will add it to this page] On 18 July 2025, the Court of Protection…

Delighted to see the publication by @oxfordacademic.bsky.social of Professor Catherine Briddick's Violence against Women and Regimes of Exception Undoing Discrimination in Migration Law global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Misleading image - cuts off just after 75%. Ignore title - look at how many Reform voters DON'T think ILR should be stripped from particular groups (& how many Green/Lib Dem Labour voters do). 20 years of residence works some magic. Lack of support for severely disabled (framed as "who cannot work")

New from Free Movement: Job Ad: Immigration & Nationality Solicitor at Wesley Gryk Solicitors LLP | Free Movement freemovement.org.uk/job-ad-immig...