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Inspiration for a Commitment to Justice

Many lawyers find inspiration from a mentor or a legal text, others find it elsewhere. I am one of the latter types. It’s not that I haven’t worked with, or known, some remarkable and inspiring...

The Greenwashing of Anti-greenwashing Legislation: Is Existing Regulation in the UK Adequate in Tackling Greenwashing by Corporations?

Greenwashing is defined as the behaviour of an organisation in portraying that they are doing more to protect the environment than they are in reality. Given the growing awareness surrounding climate...

Untangling Refoulement and Non-Refoulement in the Judicial Response to the ‘Rwanda Policy’

On November 15, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (UKSC) held that the ‘Rwanda policy’ – the Secretary of State’s policy of redirecting people claiming asylum in the United Kingdom to...

What is the Point of Equality? Revisiting the Test in A Local Authority v JB

In a previous case note dated 6th March 2023, Mr Qu contended that the Supreme Court’s reformulation of the test for capacity to engage in sexual relations in A Local Authority v JB introduces a...

Shifting the Foundations of Fiduciary Liability: How Target Holdings and AIB Group Reconstructed the Doctrine of Equitable Compensation

The central question answered in Target Holdings v Redferns was whether, in the event of a breach, a trustee should only be personally liable for losses to the trust fund in fact caused by their...

A gender-neutral law for gender-based violence?

Introduction The new Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (‘DAA 2021’) aims to promote awareness of domestic abuse, protect and support victims, hold perpetrators to account, and improve the justice system’s...