The Weekly Update - 1st March 2024
Here is a round-up of some of the top legal stories from the past week:
A decision from a High Court in Northern Ireland threatens the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023. Link.
Police forces were handed extra funding to protect the safety of MPs. Link.
Related to this, the Home Secretary announced that he wants to place further restrictions on the right to protest. Link.
Meanwhile the pressure group Liberty was in court to challenge current protest laws. Link.
Non-dom tax rules could be abolished in the budget next week. Link.
A damning report suggested that Sarah Everard’s killer should never have been a police officer. Link.
In another legal dispute, Aldi lost an appeal against M&S regarding a light-up Christmas gin bottle. Link.
Proposals are being lined up to change the law related to assisted dying. Link.
The ICO found that a Home Office pilot that tracks migrants using GPS was a breach of data protection laws. Link.
A think tank raised concerns that asylum laws were creating a permanent backlog. Link.