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17 December 2020
Categories: Legal News , Brexit , Constitutional law
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NLJ this week: Cheers for Peers on Internal Market Bill

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The saga of the Internal Market Bill has ended surprisingly harmoniously, showing the Westminster system with two chambers working as it should, Professor Michael Zander QC writes for NLJ this week
The infamous Bill contained clauses that would potentially allow ministers to act in breach of international law and clauses that enabled ministers to act without consulting the devolved authorities. However, the government withdrew the notorious clauses allowing ministers to bypass international law, and the Bill was due to receive Royal Assent this week.

Professor Zander concludes the Bill ‘can stand as a model of the important role of the Upper House in improving flawed legislation—provided of course that Ministers are prepared not only to listen but to act’.

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

NEWS

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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
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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