President to attend India law conference
South Indian News, Birmingham Star, North Dakota State News and scores of international news outlets report Law Society President Lubna Shuja will be attending the American Bar Association’s India Conference in New Delhi from 3-5 March.
Deprivation of citizenship explained
Christopher Cole, a member of our Immigration Law Committee, spoke to BBC Radio Stoke (from 1:08:12), about deprivation of citizenship, in the wake of the recent Shamima Begum ruling. Chris said: “the use of deprivation of citizenship has increased substantially in the UK.”
Change to age at which couples can marry
Karen Dovaston, Chair of our Family Law Committee, spoke to BBC Radio Wales (from 38:39), BBC Radio Humberside (from 1:39:10), BBC Radio Gloucestershire (from 2:13:24), BBC News Live and BBC Radio Surrey, Leeds, Berkshire, Norfolk, Devon, Three Counties, London, Nottingham, Cumbria and Wiltshire. Karen discussed how the rise in the legal age at which couples can marry (now from 18) should help stop children entering into forced marriages.
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