‘The trend in recent years has been for countries to do away with, rather than affirm, 𝘫𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘪. Ireland abolished the practice in 2005 after a referendum; Australia, New Zealand and India have all revoked it.’ @kabcommons.bsky.social on birthright citizenship. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Kathleen Commons · Short Cuts: England’s Birthright Citizenship

It was relatively straightforward for the British government to end birthright subjecthood: statute overrides common law...

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Including the wonderfully named proposed PhD "Mermaids in the Basement: Scottish Folklore and Contemporary Street Art".

UHI Archaeology Institute@uhiarchaeology.bsky.social · 4d ago

Eleven funded PhD projects are now available as part of the  North Sea Heritage in Transitions (NHT), which launched last month.

Come work with me and the amazing team at the Work Rights Centre! We do exciting, cutting edge and life changing work. Feel free to email us if you have any questions.

Work Rights Centre@workrights.bsky.social · last wk.

We're hiring: Immigration Adviser or Solicitor Can you deliver life-changing legal advice to migrant workers? Pay: £36,000 - £42,000, with generous SQE study/funding policies. ♻️Please share to help us find the right person ♻️ www.workrightscentre.org/publications...

Report on CAFBank from @financialtimes.com The comments make interesting (& perhaps unsurprising) reading www.ft.com/content/4213...

UK charities hit after specialist bank shuts off online services

CAF Bank suspends internet banking after identifying attempted fraud

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Re HB (Appointment of personal welfare deputy) [2026] EWCA (Civ) . Court of Appeal considers the appointment of personal welfare deputies in the Court of Protection www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

Upper Tribunal confirms third parties cannot self-authorise appeals for children. Representatives must verify instructions from the child, parent, or legal guardian. Failing to assess capacity or contact parents is a safeguarding failure. Appeal dismissed.

This is the most extraordinary judgment I’ve read all year. If there was not about to be a reshuffle - I suspect it might have been a resigning matter for the Attorney General. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/r-...

Unison is recruiting a permanent Immigration Solicitor for its Legal Services team in London — £53,110 plus £7,170 London Weighting. A chance to work on strategically important litigation. We've got the details and how to apply on our site.

New immigration rules published. Main changes (from the explanatory statement): www.gov.uk/government/p...

Sign our pledge 🪧 Recognise that Domestic Work is Work and send a message to the Government! In the UK, domestic workers are not granted the same rights and protections as other types of work. We want that to change. ✊️ Sign the pledge and support migrant domestic workers: tinyurl.com/2zhwpj49

Good to see that the Justice Select Committee is having a session on the appeals changes in the new immigration and asylum bill next week committees.parliament.uk/event/27812/...

All MPs & peers trying to scrutinise the new Immigration and Asylum Bill, & all those working to influence them, are in the debt of @colinyeo.bsky.social for these Keeling schedules.

Immigration and Asylum Bill, Bill 105 of session 2026-2027 bills.parliament.uk/bills/4254 By clause 1(4) the new Independent Immigration Appeals Authority must "exercise its primary function with a view to ensuring that justice is done". The rest of the Bill makes that extremely difficult.

Immigration and Asylum Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament

Current version of Immigration and Asylum Bill with latest news, sponsors, and progress through Houses

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@democracydefendersaction.org, @legaldefensefund.bsky.social, @lulacorg.bsky.social, @maketheroadny.bsky.social, and New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support.

BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects Trump effort to limit birthright citizenship. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...

Free From Fear is doing a fundraising walk in August to fund a small project helping 5 special forces interpreters at risk. Please donate here to support the 5 lads who risked everything and were left behind by 🇬🇧 when their counterparts 🇺🇸 were saved. Thank you. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...

Help raise £55000 to bring our remaining caseload to safety and provide the support they need. – JustGiving Crowdfunding

Iʼm raising money to bring our remaining caseload to safety and provide the support they need.. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

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✨Lovely to be among great company @sarakbarker.bsky.social @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social @shantigraheli.bsky.social Arthur der Weduven, Chloe-Akers Brewer (of @universalstc.bsky.social) 📖The volume is entitled Multilingual Print in Early Modern Europe @dgb-mem.bsky.social #bookhistory

Natasha Constantinidou@nconstantinidou.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🙂Publication day! My co-authored essay is now available #OA 'Moral Precepts, Rhetorical Skills, and Learning Greek: Printing Greek-Latin Sententiae in Cities of the Holy Roman Empire in the Sixteenth Century' brill.com/edcollchap-o... #skystorians #earlymodern #classicalreception

This is absolutely damning.

Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration@icibi.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The Independent Chief Inspector's report on ‘An inspection of asylum casework’ has been published and is available on the ICIBI website:

Zurbarán exhition @nationalgalleryuk.bsky.social not to be missed. Small but representative collection of works of Francisco and Juan de Zurbarán creates stillness.

Exc: First Government department quits Twitter over racism and violence concerns Richard Hermer sent a directive to staff last week saying the Attorney General's Office would be coming off the platform observer.co.uk/news/politic...

First government department quits X over racism and viole...

Concern about the spread of misinformation from right-wing figures prompts Richard Hermer to pull Attorney General’s Office off platform

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ICYMI: We published Iain Halliday's analysis of a significant Court of Session ruling on age assessments in Scotland, highlighting how the legal approach now diverges from England and Wales. Essential reading for anyone navigating this area of law across UK jurisdictions.

Divergent approach to age assessments adopted in different parts of the UK - Free Movement

When a local authority’s age assessment is challenged in Scotland, the court cannot decide a person’s age for itself. This was the conclusion reached by the

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It's International Domestic Workers Day 🔊 To mark IDWD2026, we're launching our Domestic Work is Work campaign! We join migrant domestic workers and call on the UK Government to finally ratify @ilo.org Convention 189 and recognise that domestic work is real work! #internationaldomesticworkersday

Department of Health and Social Care guidance on what constitues a deprivation of liberty following the Supreme Court judgment www.gov.uk/government/p...

Changes to the definition of deprivation of liberty

Update following the Supreme Court judgment on 2 June 2026 clarifying the definition of the deprivation of liberty.

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Judgment in Huda Ammori v Secretary of State for the Hoe Department [2026] EWCA Civ 721. www.judiciary.uk/judgments/ho...

Exciting new appointments.

Joshua Rozenberg@joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

His Majesty The King has been pleased to approve the appointments of Mr Justice Butcher, Mr Justice Chamberlain, Mr Justice Fancourt, Mrs Justice Farbey, Mrs Justice Lieven, Mr Justice Meade and Mr Justice Saini as Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal. www.judiciary.uk/appointments...

It was suggested to me today that immigration tribunal float lists are designed to manipulate "time to 1st listing" stats. Any info? Had never occured to me this farago could be purposive. Demand your float list cases are recorded "never assigned to judge/court for effective hearing" when adjourned

No doubt HM govt wil suprise me, but I struggle to see how it will come up with something as inimical to justice & the rule of law, & as contemptuous of parties & their lawyers, as the 1st tier tribunal (Immigration & Asylum chamber) float lists. Or run it as incompetently. Refuse to participate.

This should be the news coming out of Belfast today. The Finucane family have fought for years to get to this point & the inquiry opens with a UK Govt apology that will get lost in today's news. Pay attention to this - the past hasn't passed here, as days of unrest show: www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

'Monumental day' as Finucane murder public inquiry begins

The widow of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has hailed the first day of a long-campaigned for public inquiry into his death as "monumental".

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1st-tier immigration & asylum tribunal. 1 hearing centre. 15 cases on float list today. Almost none heard. Not adjourned til 2.30-3pm. Asylum seekers. Torture survivors. Privately paying clients & legally aided lawyers who get only £177 (prep + hearing) if case adjourns. Refuse to participate.