ECtHR case of Osman Kavala has been relinquished to the Grand Chamber. He has been jailed since 2017. Previously, ECtHR found breaches of Articles 5 (right to liberty), 4 (right to a speedy decision on the lawfulness of detention), and 18, ordering Turkey to release him. But he remains imprisoned.

Human rights firm @BindmansLLP has teamed up with survivor organisations Cambridge Rape Crisis Centre, Centre of Women’s Justice and Rape Crisis England & Wales in a ‘super-complaint’ over ‘excessively lengthy’ police investigations into alleged sexual offences. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/bindman...

"[ECHR] enabled Europe to be largely conflict-free for past 80 years. They have also, with varying degrees, enabled development of international law. This has proved positive in evolution of liberal democracies. We dismantle this at our peril: Fiona Scolding KC. www.lawgazette.co.uk/features/hum...

Reform councillor’s company fined £40,000 for hiring illegal worker. leftfootforward.org/2025/12/refo...

Police are looking into allegations that Reform UK breached electoral law during its campaign to win Nigel Farage’s Commons seat at last year’s general election. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Post Office has avoided a fine after accidentally leaking the details of 502 members of the Bates group litigation. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/post-of...

Children as young as 12 among hundreds of under-18s included on police facial recognition watchlists, as govt prepares to announce a mass expansion of the technology. Children featured at least 1,600 times on live facial recognition used by 6 police forces. libertyinvestigates.org.uk/articles/pol...

Almost half of practising solicitors say they or their firm have received threats in the past year. A The Law Society survey has found that death threats, intimidation and even physical violence are regularly faced by members working on the frontline. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/solicit...

Given that migrants are the root cause of all our problems and they take up all our resources so there's none left for British people, surely people in this country should see a marked rise in living standards very soon now?

"At 204,000, long-term net migration for the year ending June 2025 was around two-thirds lower than a year earlier, when it was 649,000. The fall is driven by fewer people arriving for work and study, and a continued, gradual increase in levels of emigration". www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

"At 204,000, long-term net migration for the year ending June 2025 was around two-thirds lower than a year earlier, when it was 649,000. The fall is driven by fewer people arriving for work and study, and a continued, gradual increase in levels of emigration". www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...

A non-legal tribunal member is not a ‘worker’ and therefore not entitled to holiday pay, an employment tribunal has found. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/non-leg...

"5,151 children crossed the Channel and claimed asylum in year to Sep 2025. Of the under 18s, 1,178 were girls and 3,973 were boys". For all those who complain only single, young men travel to the UK to claim asylum. Don't worry, there are thousands of desperate children who risk their lives too.

More than 2,000 children who have been trafficked or who arrived in the UK to claim asylum disappeared from social services’ care last year. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

A former head of the British Army has been suspended from the House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Ministers’ criminal convictions can remain secret, the Government’s information watchdog has ruled. The Information Commissioner’s Office has determined that the public does not have a right to know if ministers have criminal convictions. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/11...

"Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election". www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

One of the UK's most senior lawyers warns of dangers of celebrating or aligning with clients, saying it opens lawyers up to wider attacks. Dean of Scotland’s Faculty of Advocates said lawyers risk losing independence when they publicly champion a client’s cause. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/bar-lea...

"We must not be complacent about strength of rule of law in UK. Without strong rule of law tradition, we risk mob rule & anarchy. There is a sense laws are being broken without consequence, including by public figures, diminishing public support for rule of law": House of Lords Constitution Commitee

UN expert expresses serious concern with Security Council’s Resolution 2803, saying it runs counter to Palestinian right to self-determination, consolidates Israel’s unlawful presence, including unlawful policies and practices, and risks legitimating ongoing violence. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

An autistic man has been paid £125,000 in damages after he was trapped in his own home for over eight years. The Southwark resident lived in the home with the constant presence of at least two carers, with the front door locked for eight years. www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

“I’d never experienced antisemitism growing up, so the first time that this vicious verbal abuse came out of Farage’s mouth was deeply shocking. But I wasn’t his only target. I’d hear him calling other students ‘Paki’ or ‘Wog’, and urging them to ‘go home’". www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

"A police leader has claimed that the display of national flags on streets has become a "tool of division." She said it was part of a "disturbing" trend in rising hate-fuelled rhetoric and deliberate misinformation about immigration and asylum seekers". www.lbc.co.uk/article/flag...

Labour: Things are so amazing for the people and government of Denmark, let's copy their policies. Reality in Denmark: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Reform UK is under investigation by the Information Commissioner for potentially breaking data protection law, after being accused of lying to the watchdog. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/n...

Bar Human Rights Committee and Human Rights Lawyers Association mark Human Rights Day with an online event with Baroness Helena Kennedy KC, Jo Cecil KC, Samantha Knights KC, @aarifabraham.bsky.social, @vdraphael.bsky.social, @ewelinaochab.bsky.social and others. hrla.org.uk/hrla-and-bhr...

"Refugee status becomes temporary, only until a refugee can safely return home": @ShabanaMahmood. So, we regularly reassess hundreds of thousands of claims? Can the Home Office cope with that? There is a years-long wait for some applications already, and we add hundreds of thousands more claims?

Lord Doherty appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court. He has been a judge of the Inner Court of Session since 2020. He is former standing junior counsel to UK Government departments, and has been a judge of various tribunals and courts since 2010. www.supremecourt.uk/news/lord-do...

"Quietly spoken, attentive and humorous, he lent his voice and his talents to the movement for racial equality and to the cause of justice for all": obituary in the Guardian for Sir Geoffrey Bindman by Sir Stephen Sedley. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

Discussion in Parliament about the "almost inhuman level" to which the British state "failed the families and victims of Hillsborough". Great reminder by Lord Alton that any little relief that the families have received has been because of human rights laws. www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=20...

Sir Keir Starmer has branded Nigel Farage "spineless" after the Reform UK leader failed to condemn a comment made by a Cambridgeshire councillor, who said some children in care are "downright evil". www.lbc.co.uk/article/fara...

Court of Appeal finds Northamptonshire chief constable in contempt of court for years of false claims that police footage of a woman’s arrest was deleted. The footage was finally disclosed days before the appeal, vindicating the woman's repeated requests for it. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/chief-c...

"People experiencing homelessness and refugees are London’s two most disadvantaged groups. That is why The London Standard has joined with Comic Relief to launch Who’s at Your Table?, to support organisations which help those facing homelessness or those forced to flee homes in search of safety".

The Australian state of Victoria has formally acknowledged the “deep and lasting scars” caused by British settlers on Aboriginal people, becoming the first Australian state to recognise the harms caused by the British to Aboriginals. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

A climate activist who served one of the longest prison sentences in modern British history for a peaceful protest has won his appeal against deportation. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

This is tomorrow. Online tickets available.

"Because the Human Rights Act has enriched the scope of human rights protections available at common law over the past 25 years, we should not be unduly fearful about the common law’s ability to cope if the UK were to repeal the HRA or abandon the ECHR": @UKSupremeCourt Justice Lord Briggs.

A new equality, diversity and inclusion strategy by The Law Society aims to build a more diverse, open and inclusive profession. Law Society President Mark Evans said that despite progress, ‘inequality and bias continue to shape career paths’. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/law-soc...

New research reveals that while alcohol consumption in Britain is falling, alcohol harm remains high, costing the UK an estimated £40 billion a year, including £5.89 billion to the NHS. The report finds that British Muslims alone save the government £1.62 billion a year by abstaining from alcohol.

The government must start to contemplate how and when court decisions should be made by artificial intelligence, the courts minister said. @sarahsackman.bsky.social said inviting greater use of AI could bring huge potential benefits. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/iba-202...

Please do join us at this HRLA next week. At a time when international law is under strain, & the ECHR is singled out for particular attack, it is important to reflect on the UK’s past and future commitment to international justice, human rights and the international rule of law.

Nearly 300 organisations have issued a rallying cry for a “full-throated defence” of the European Convention on Human Rights – accusing politicians of using it as a scapegoat with devastating effects. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

"The European Convention on Human Rights: 75 years on": a Human Rights Lawyers Association event, with @womaninhavana.bsky.social, @dzehtsiarou.bsky.social, Parosha Chandran and @katywatts.bsky.social. 11 November at Hogan Lovells and online. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-europe...

Britain is one of the least “nature connected” nations in the world, according to the first ever global study of how people relate to the natural world. Britain ranks 55th out of 61 countries in the study of 57,000 people. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lord Neuberger: "We live in a world where law is increasingly complex; access to independent properly trained lawyers is an ever more essential ingredient. If access to lawyers for advice and representation is restricted to the rich or few, you do not really have the rule of law".

"Trump’s authoritarian regime has denied a visa to human rights lawyer Helena Kennedy. Kennedy, also sanctioned by China, is a regular visitor to the US, where she owns a home. Kennedy believes her visa was withheld because she signed a letter critical of Trump". www.newstatesman.com/politics/com...

Five women have asked for an apology from Nigel Farage after he suggested they were not victims of grooming gangs. They described the comments by the Reform leader as “degrading and humiliating”, and accused him of “ignorance” of the issues. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The president of the Family Division told MPs of the importance of solicitors and of the family drug and alcohol courts. Sir Andrew McFarlane said that cuts to legal aid had contributed to the backlog. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/family-...

In 2024, Richard Hermer KC acted for a client who alleged UK complicity in torture. The case was brought against Foreign Office, Home Office & Attorney General. In 2025, case reaches court and Attorney General is Lord (Richard) Hermer KC. So, he himself drafted the legal claim he is a defendant in.

Victims of the Windrush scandal will be paid as much as 75% of their compensation in advance under an overhaul of the scheme designed to deliver faster justice. Victims will also be compensated for lost contributions to work or personal pensions. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...