An employment judge demonstrated ‘apparent bias’ in his conduct toward a barrister when rejecting both his applications at the tribunal, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has found.
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"If the left does not secure our borders, the hard right will be given the chance to try, and they will not be restrained by values like ours": Shabana Mahmood.
Values like yours? Like allowing officers to physically manhandle children to forcibly deport them?
The legendary Sir Quentin Blake has provided the wonderful illustrations for Refugee Week's Simple Acts project this year.
Have a look, and share with others:
refugeeweek.org/simple-acts/
"Those who refuse to take part will be subject to deportation – including children, under new powers allowing them to be physically manhandled if necessary, something which currently is usually unlawful".
Shabana Mahmood making laws that even May, Patel and Braverman considered to be too cruel.
Under a Home Secretary who is the child of immigrants, "Those who refuse the offer [to take money and leave the country] will be left vulnerable to forcible removal from the UK – including children, with new laws giving Home Office workers the power to physically restrain them".
Broadcast journalists from ethnic minorities are still locked out of top jobs and face a backlash after being perceived as “diversity hires”, according to a survey of UK television newsrooms.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...
Calls to quit the European Convention on Human Rights are ‘troubling’ and ‘unnecessary’, former Supreme Court president Lady Hale said last night - suggesting that the government listen to the Green Party on 'concerns of real people'.
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/hale-la...
Iceland the supermarket has abandoned its decade-long trademark battle with Iceland the country.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
She tweeted it just now. But also included in recent press releases, such as this:
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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood just announced they will "open new capped safe and legal routes to provide safety to those fleeing war and persecution".
Obviously, it depends on details, but this is a rare and unusually progressive, humane and sensible immigration announcement by a UK government.
Rare honesty from the Telegraph about the economic benefits of migrants.
"Much lower numbers of migrants would cost the Treasury billions".
Billions.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Foreign students and workers from four countries - Afghanistan, Sudan, Cameroon and Myanmar - are to be barred from coming to the UK by Shabana Mahmood. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...
The chief executive officer of the Police Federation of England and Wales has been arrested on suspicion of corruption.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03...
IPSO: This was an unusual case where a publication undertook internal enquiries in response to complaints, but it could not verify any of the details of a published article. This called into question the accuracy of the entire article, which had been presented as an illustrative real-world example.
Independent Press Standards Organisation: Telegraph breached Clause 1 (Accuracy) of the Editors’ Code of Practice by publishing an article headlined “We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays”, on 25 May 2025.
www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0210...
US government appears to aband its effort to enforce executive orders punishing law firms perceived as hostile to President Trump. The US Justice Department has dropped efforts to appeal court rulings in favour of four firms that challenged the executive orders.
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/trump-a...
Shabana Mahmood’s decision to tell every person applying for asylum that their status is temporary could undermine the refugee convention, the Law Society has said. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
India's Supreme Court has threatened legal consequences after a judge was found to have adjudicated on a property dispute using fake judgements generated by artificial intelligence. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A council's deputy leader, a Reform councillor, has admitted to using an AI-generated photo in a post about local authorities "shipping" families to the region.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They will have to wait up to 20 years before they can apply to settle in the UK – and up to 30 years if they arrived illegally via small boats across the Channel or by claiming asylum after overstaying work, student or visitor visas.
"Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, will change the rules so that migrants arriving in the UK after Monday will only be eligible for temporary refugee status as part of sweeping reforms to deter illegal migrants".
"Migrants’ right to permanent asylum in the UK will be scrapped from today in the most significant overhaul of immigration policy in a generation".
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
CPS loses High Court bid to challenge acquittal of man who burned Koran in public.
"While burning a Koran might be something Muslims find desperately upsetting and offensive, freedom of expression must include the right to express views that offend, shock or disturb".
www.lbc.co.uk/article/man-...
Immigration officers allegedly stole cash and property worth hundreds of thousands of pounds from small-boat migrants as they arrived in the UK.
The officers have been charged with money laundering, misconduct in public office, and conspiracy to steal.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jeremy Corbyn expected to become parliamentary leader of Your Party after his supporters won control of the leadership committee.
His supporters, "The Many", won 14 of 24 seats on central executive committee compared to 7 for Zarah Sultana's "Grassroots Left". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet:
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Witness statements and expert reports submitted to court may need to be accompanied by declarations that they are not generated with the help of AI, according to new proposed rules.
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/witness...
The Crown Prosecution Service has published new guidance for its lawyers to help tackle “honour”-based abuse, with spiritual and immigration abuse included for the first time.
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
National campaign calls on lawyers to help pupils access legal education ahead of changes to how the rule of law is taught. The Big Legal Lesson, backed by the Law Society, will provide schools with free resources to help introduce legal concepts to pupils.
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/campaig...
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has admitted it illegally obtained phone data from a Belfast journalist on multiple occasions over a period of many years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
