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Barristers Strike: Fresh court delays on first day of walk out

Criminal lawyers have taken industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions.

The Independent UK

Fresh court delays as barristers walk out on first day of strike action

Criminal lawyers have taken industrial action in a dispute over pay and conditions.

The Independent UK

Barristers walk out of Bristol Crown Court in dispute with Government over 'below minimum wage' pay

"We became barristers because we believe in justice. Our system exists to ensure that the guilty are punished and that the innocent are acquitted"

Bristol Post

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Why are criminal barristers going on strike and what is their dispute about?

Everything you need to know about the criminal barristers strike

Evening Standard

Barristers walk out across Wales and England in mass protest

As dozens of barristers stood outside Cardiff Crown Court on Monday morning during a first day of strike action a dire warning about the scale of the challenge facing the legal system was laid out

Wales Online

Barristers strike disrupts courts across country as staff take action over legal aid funding

Dominic Raab says strike will ‘delay justice for victims’ but barristers blame government for existing backlog

The Independent UK

Raab says barrister strikes ‘only delay justice for victims’ as walkouts begin

Barristers are staging court walkouts for several days from Monday in a dispute over legal aid funding.

The Independent UK

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Killer drivers could be jailed for life under new rules

From Tuesday, new legislation will allow judges to hand down life sentences to dangerous drivers who kill

Wales Online

Killer drivers can be jailed for life under new sentencing rules

New legislation coming into force this week will allow judges to hand down life sentences to dangerous drivers who who cause death

The Independent UK

Of course the Convict wouldn’t resign – that’s for little people like Dowden

‘The way forward is not to focus on personalities,’ said the man whose whole career has been built on his personality

The Guardian - UK

Two ways to bring down a PM: Boris Johnson’s rebels see opportunities

Johnson was defiant in Rwanda after his byelection disasters, but at home there was renewed Tory anger

The Guardian - UK

Ministers insist Government must plough on after by-election defeats

Home Secretary Priti Patel says it is ‘important and right’ the Conservatives have a ‘moment of reflection’ following the results.

The Independent UK

Michael Howard calls on Boris Johnson to resign after byelection defeats

PM has said he intends to carry on but former Tory leader says party ‘would be better off under new leadership’

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson loyalists rally around PM amid warnings Tories are 'sleepwalking' to defeat

Dominic Raab and Priti Patel came out batting for the absent Prime Minister after the bombshell resignation of the Tory party chairman Oliver Dowden.

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The Independent UK

Raab says ‘distraction’ of partygate to blame for two by-election defeats

Also accuses Tory rebels of ‘ill-discipline’

The Guardian - UK

Dramatic fall in successful high court challenges to government policy

Exclusive: Drop prompts warnings ministers’ attacks on lawyers could be having chilling effect on judges

The Conversation

Why UK approach to replacing the Human Rights Act is just as worrying as the replacement itself

The Human Rights Act 1998 came into force just over 20 years ago in October 2000, vastly improving protections for human rights in common law, statute, EU and international law. Now, justice secretary Dominic Raab has confirmed plans to replace it with a UK bill of rights.

Radio France Internationale

UK unveils plans to override European rights court after Rwanda spat

The UK government has said it will introduce legislation allowing it to ignore certain European Court of Human Rights decisions after a judge in Strasbourg blocked flights removing asylum seekers to Rwanda.

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Evening Standard

Esher stabbing: Dominic Raab ‘horrified’ over stabbing of PCSO in his constituency

The officer was stabbed in the arm in Esher on Tuesday afternoon

The Guardian - UK

‘False narrative’: campaigners say British bill of rights could undermine free speech

Organisations including Index on Censorship condemn government’s claim a bill would boost freedom of expression

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Raab’s bill of rights: liberty bent to prejudice

Editorial: Plans to make universal rights subordinate to ministerial opinion and political whim mark a backwards step for British democracy

The Guardian - UK

Boris produces bubbles of nonsense when quizzed about Carrie

A Labour question rattled Johnson at PMQs, and then a revitalised Keir Starmer pounced

Evening Standard

What is the British Bill of Rights that would replace the Human Rights Act?

The government says the UK would remain committed to the European Convention on Human Rights.

Evening Standard

The Leader podcast: Should we be worried about new ‘bill of rights’?

The Government has officially announced its proposals to replace the Human Rights Act in the UK with a new bill of rights.

The Independent UK

Bill of Rights ‘shocking and unnecessary’, warns Scottish Government minister

The proposed legislation was published by UK Justice Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday.

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