‘I risked my life in the back of a lorry to reach the UK from Iran.’
Expert in immigration and asylum spoke with migrants who have travelled to the UK on the back of a lorry. [Read now...]
Open Letter to the Electoral Commission — What is being done to prevent breaches of law in this year’s elections?
British Green MEP Molly Scott Cato wrote a letter to the Electoral Commission asking how they plan to prevent breaches of law like the ones they uncovered in the 2016 EU referendum campaign. [Read now...]
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PMP EXCLUSIVE
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Open Letter, European Election, European Parliament, Brexit, Law, UK Politics, Electoral Commission
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Brexit: Why unilateral withdrawal from any future treaty would ruin the UK’s reputation.
Can the UK sign the Withdrawal Agreement and then step away from it? It can, but it really should not, Ioannis Glinavos writes. [Read now...]
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Brexit, Facts, Law, Brexiters, Trade Deals
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When fear is not enough. (Citizen Edition)
Why simple fear alone is no justification for citizens to kill anyone, to attack anyone or to take legal matters into their own hands. [Read now...]
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Opinion, Black Lives Matter, Law
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Tory MEP’s unknown ‘Treason Act 1372’ and what the actual law of treason says.
A Secret Barrister multipurpose piece on the law of treason in the UK and a rebuke of THAT MEP’s extreme view on anyone opposed to Brexit. [Read now...]
Is data protection coming home? The CJEU on data protection law and Jehovah’s Witnesses — and political canvassing.
On the CJEU ruling on data protection law and Jehovah’s Witnesses — and the implications for politics. [Read now...]
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GDPR, Law, European Union
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Why was a homeless man jailed for pretending to run the London Marathon?
A homeless man who picked up a lost race number and “completed” the London Marathon has been jailed for 16 weeks. A very harsh sentence, the Secret Barrister argues. [Read now...]
Love wins in the CJEU: Same Sex Marriages and EU free movement law.
Last week’s CJEU judgment in Coman was the Court’s first ruling on same-sex marriages for the purposes of EU free movement law. [Read now...]
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European Union, LGBT, Citizens' Rights, Law
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When fundamentalists lie about the law in order to exploit a tragedy.
The Secret Barrister responds to an Ultra-Conservative American activist who despises government-run healthcare and wants to make Alfie Evans a symbol of the NHS failure. [Read now...]
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Justice, Twitter thread, Law
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Salvation outside the church? The ECJ rules on religious discrimination in employment.
The Court of Justice has issued its first major ruling on the reconciliation of the autonomy rights of religious organisations with the right of employees (or potential employees) of such organisations to be free of discrimination. [Read now...]
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Ronan McCrea
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European Union, ECJ, Law, Religion, Work
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