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Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Jacobs on 13 August 2025.
The Attorney General delivered a speech 'The Implementation of Strasbourg Court Judgments at National Level – Subsidiarity in Action' at the Summer School in the Law of the Council of Europe.
Legal processes, courts and the police
On Thursday 8 May 2025, the Attorney General Lord Hermer KC delivered the Thompson Foundation Lecture on “Employment law and the fundamental right to security”
An overview of the process by which bills become law.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge West on 21 August 2025.
Sentencing guidelines which risked differential treatment for different races and religions blocked as Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Act receives Royal Assent
The Attorney General spoke about the foundational role of the rule of law in delivering economic security at the City of London’s Guildhall.
GLD welcomes new legal trainee cohort and university placement students
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