The Weekly Update - 20th January 2023
Here is a round-up of some of the top legal stories from the past week:
In a constitutional first, the Westminster government blocked Scotland’s Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill. Link.
After a Met police officer pled guilty to multiple rape charges, the Home Office launched a review of police dismissals. Link.
The secondment of a UK military officer who worked with the UN special envoy raised questions about the West’s involvement in Yemen. Link.
A proposed amendment to the Public Order Bill would broaden the definition of ‘serious disruption’. Link.
A planned change to the law would regard children born as a result of rape as victims of crime. Link.
Questions have been asked about the way in which Twitter employees in the UK were made redundant. Link.
A group of transgender people lost a case in the High Court over NHS waiting times. Link.
The Retained EU Law Bill was debated in the House of Commons. Link.
It has been argued by experts that a new criminal offence should be created of intentionally deceiving a person into engaging in sexual activity. Link.
The law firm Knights bought the commercial law firm Meade King for £2.1 million. Link.
A group of migrants challenging the Rwanda policy won the right to appeal. Link.
Find out more about the decision being appealed in a special episode of the podcast: