UK’s accession to Hague 19 Convention
Global Legal Post covers the Law Society’s call for the UK’s accession to the Hague 19 Convection in order to benefit UK businesses.
President of the Law Society Lubna Shuja said: “The UK’s prompt accession to the Hague 19 Convention would help to ensure UK businesses have greater confidence entering cross-border contracts and investment relationships.
“The convention provides legal clarity, reduces costs, increases certainty and predictability. It encourages better risk management and shortens timeframes for recognising and enforcing judgments across jurisdictions.”
Home Office monitors immigration lawyers
The Gazette and Practice Source mention the Law Society’s response to Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick’s comments that the Home Office is monitoring immigration lawyers.
President Lubna Shuja responded: “We note Robert Jenrick’s comments made in the House of Commons yesterday.
“The small boats problem is primarily about the government’s ability to process asylum claims effectively, the quality of its casework and the narrowness of so-called ‘legal’ routes for asylum seekers.”
Courts and the climate crisis
Jonathan Goldsmith, chair of the Law Society’s Policy & Regulatory Affairs Committee, writes in the Gazette about the growing importance of the law in climate activism, and the ways in which the climate crisis has impacted the justice system.
Challenges proving financial abuse
Former chair of the Law Society’s Mental & Disability committee, Sheree Green, spoke to Which? about the legal challenges of proving financial abuse.
She said: “There is probably no paper trail, nothing in writing. It’s very difficult to look back and find evidence that establishes whether the person did or did not have capacity to give away money or assets at the time money or property changed hands.
“People don’t lose all of their decision-making powers at a point in time – they tend to decline over weeks or months.”
Also worth a read:
- Decision on Shamima Begum’s deprivation of citizenship - Guardian
- Juries in rape cases are more likely to convict than acquit a defendant – Telegraph (£), Gazette
- Anti-protest legislation is defeated in the House of Lords - Guardian
- YouGov poll finds that law firms are not responding to employees’ needs for wellbeing support – Legal Futures