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December 17, 2020

Continued crackdown on human rights defenders and lawyers in China

Families of human rights lawyers are routinely threatened, summoned for questioning, and subjected to surveillance by the authorities.
October 30, 2020

Overseas Operations Bill 'unjustifiable, ineffective and will prevent justice from being done'

The Joint Committee on Human Rights is troubled by the Bill itself and the Government's use of inflammatory language to describe lawyers representing those who have been harmed by unlawful mistreatment at the hands of the UK Armed Forces.
August 28, 2020

Attacks on the legal profession undermine the rule of law, says Law Society

To describe lawyers who are upholding the law as "activist lawy" is misleading and dangerous, says the Law Society.
January 23, 2020

Luanda Leaks expose role of western professionals in moving tainted money

The leaks reveal new details about the lawyers, accountants and other 'professional enablers' in Western states that helped dos Santos amass her fortune.
September 25, 2019

New guide helps lawyers advocate for looked-after children at police stations

Looked-after children, particularly those living in residential care, are disproportionately criminalised compared to other children.
July 3, 2019

Experts convene in the City of London to call out 'pin stripe mafia enablers of tax abuse'

The conference is calling attention to the City lawyers, accountants and bankers that sell tax avoidance schemes to clients.
May 13, 2019

Grenfell families urge Government and Inquiry team to listen to their voices

New report highlights the shared frustrations and anger experienced by bereaved families following the Grenfell Tower fire.
February 27, 2019

Bereaved families launch campaign on legal aid for inquests

State bodies involved in a death have unlimited access to the best legal teams at public expense whilst bereaved families do not.
December 24, 2018

Experts call for German coal phase-out law to avoid ‘legal shambles’

Expert environmental lawyers have told Germany’s ‘coal commission’ that the only clear route to ending coal-fired power in Germany is to put a dedicated law in place.
December 11, 2018

Lawyers on frontline of human rights struggle, says Law Society

Lawyers must never be persecuted for defending human rights, says the Law Society of England and Wales.