Response to the Independent Human Rights Act Review
You can now read the Society’s response to the Independent Human Rights Act Review, authored by James Goudie QC, Sam Fowles, Jake Richards, Jonathan Metzer and Sarah Sackman, below.
AGM Election Results
The Society of Labour Lawyers held its AGM on Monday 7th December 2020. The following people were elected to the Executive Committee: Chair: Kate O’Rourke Vice Chair: David Drew Secretary: Catherine Atkinson Treasurer: Adrian Williamson QC Executive Committee Member: Andrew Dismore AM Executive Committee Member: Daniel Jones Executive Committee Member: Deeba Syed Executive Committee […]
Naomi Angell wins Law Society Lifetime Achievement Award
SLL Family Group Co-Chair, Naomi Angell, has won the Law Society’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2020 Law Society Excellence Awards. Naomi Angell has had an incredibly successful and influential career spanning almost 50 years. Throughout her career, she has shown true dedication to improving the law as it relates to children and families through […]
Submission to the Independent Review of Administrative Law
The Society of Labour Lawyers has made a formal submission to the Independent Review of Administrative Law. You can download the submission here. Foreword by Kate O’Rourke, Chair of the Society of Labour Lawyers The Society of Labour Lawyers, founded by Gerald Gardiner QC nearly 75 years ago, is the principal professional body for supporters […]
Labour Party Conference Events
Whilst we are unable to meet in person at Labour Party Conference this year, here at the Society of Labour Lawyers we are determined to ensure that legal and justice issues remain at the forefront of the party’s agenda. We’re therefore pleased to invite you and party members across the country to our three online […]
Press release: Justice system suffering from austerity and Covid-19 double whammy
The Society of Labour Lawyers today publishes ‘Covid-19 and The Justice System’, a report detailing the impact of Covid-19 across the various parts of our justice system, from the criminal courts and police stations, to family courts, employment tribunals, housing, and legal aid. The publication aims to share the experiences of lawyers working on the […]
Post-Brexit Employment Rights
In this piece, Tom Jones and Richard Arthur of Thompsons discuss what the new Brexit ‘freedoms’ could mean for workers’ rights in the UK. They identify the immediate impact of the cessation of EU supremacy (and therefore a whole host of employee protective precedent from the CJEU) together with a range of unfortunately low hanging […]
Housing, Homelessness, Use of Land and Social Care Paper
In this piece, Liz Davies considers a number of proposals, both in the party’s recent manifesto and from across the left, for law reform of housing, land law and social care. She weaves what may be considered distinct areas of law into an all encompassing petition for ambitious action. This action not only restricts the […]
The Enforcement of Employment Contracts post-Brexit
In this piece, Grahame Anderson of Littleton Chambers explores a further and less discussed consequence of our exit from the European Union: the knotty question of enforcement of cross-border contracts. At the end of the transition period we will at present lose the reciprocity of existing measures which ensure claims are brought in the appropriate […]
Constitutional Reform Paper
Following last month’s piece looking at the prospect of human rights reform in the next few years, our piece this week turns to the related subject of mooted reforms to the structural constitution, including the relationship between the three branches of government and the royal prerogative. It succinctly breaks down the positions the Labour Party […]