Consultations
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Law Society response to RIPA consultation: equipment interference and interception of communications codes of practice
The right to communicate with your lawyer without fear of your computer being bugged or your messages intercepted by the security and intelligence services is basic to the functioning of the justice system and the rule of law. The Law Society’s response to the government’s consultation on the Regulation ...
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Law Society provides evidence to investigatory powers review
In providing evidence to the investigatory powers review, the Law Society has called for a revision and clarification of the UK’s regulatory framework for investigatory powers. The evidence focused on the following key points: need for greater clarity need for proportionality respect for privacy ...
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Law Society respond to call for evidence on the draft Modern Slavery Bill
Background The Joint Committee The committee is comprised of Members of the House of Commons and House of Lords and has been formed to scrutinise the Government’s draft Modern Slavery Bill and make recommendations for its improvement The draft Modern Slavery Bill The draft Bill proposes ...
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‘Longer-term future of the system of the European Convention on Human Rights and the European Court of Human Rights’
The Law Society has responded to an open call for information, proposals and views from the Council of Europe’s Committee of experts on the reform of the European Court of Human Rights (DH-GDR). The open call was for information, proposals and views on the issue of the ...
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The UK Government must ensure that victims of abuse perpetrated overseas are able to access justice in the UK
The following letter was published in the Times on 2 December 2013. THE TIMES Letters to the Editor Published at 12:01AM, December 2 2013 The UK Government must ensure that victims of abuse perpetrated overseas are able to access justice in the UK ...
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Law Society responds to the JCHR call for evidence on access to justice of the Government’s proposed judicial review reforms
The Law Society has responded to a call for evidence from the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) on the implications for access to justice of the Government’s proposed judicial review reforms. Read our submission. The Committee invited submissions from individuals and organisations with an interest or expertise ...
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Law Society’s response to the Joint Committee on Human Rights call for evidence on Human rights judgments
The Law Society’s human rights committee have responded to a call for evidence from the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) on Human rights judgments. The Committee invited submissions from individuals and organisations with an interest or expertise in human rights to respond. The Joint Committee on Human ...
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Law Society's report to UN about Viet Nam's record on human rights
The Law Society, Lawyers for Lawyers in the Netherlands and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada jointly responded to the call from the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights(OHCHR) for submissions regarding human rights in Viet Nam. The OHCHR will now compile a report based on all ...
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Law Society's report to UN about Mexico's record on human rights
The Law Society, Lawyers for Lawyers in the Netherlands and Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada jointly responded to the call from the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights(OHCHR) for submissions regarding human rights in the Mexico. The OHCHR will now compile a report based on all ...