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Lawyers have lambasted both the government’s Illegal Migration Bill and the surrounding rhetoric about ‘lefty lawyers’.

The Law Society has commented on the Illegal Migration Bill’s approach to refugees and asylum.

The Offices of the Senior President of Tribunals and the President of the Family Division have issued updated jurisdictional case management guidance in circumstances where related and concurrent asylum proceedings, and the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on Civil International Aspects of Child Abduction (1980 Hague Convention) proceedings, are ongoing.

The Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA) has responded to the Tribunal Procedure Committee consultation on possible changes to the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Rules and the Upper Tribunal Rules arising from the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 (NBA 2022).

The Home Secretary’s policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda is lawful, the High Court has held.

In this week’s NLJ crime brief, David Walbank KC covers the deportation of convicted criminals and persecution of LGBTQ individuals in foreign states.

David Walbank KC examines what a ‘foreign criminal’ can be expected to do to escape homophobic violence following deportation

Ten firms out of 40 taking part in a Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) thematic review of immigration services providers have been referred to disciplinary processes after ‘significant shortcomings’ were found.

The SRA has announced the publication of a range of new guidance covering the financial sanctions regime, immigration work and effective supervision. It has also issued a warning notice on involvement in strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs).

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a review of immigration and asylum legal services.

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From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act

NLJ this week: Promises broken on non-molestation orders?

Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection

NLJ this week: Assisted dying under the legal microscope

Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961

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Immigration & asylum

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown