Below is a copy of the 2021 R-L-J Annual Accounts to be received at the 2022 AGM on the 19th of December. Explanatory note A difference of £94.87 relates to Constant Contact website charges and will be reviewed A cheque for the amount of £2023.63 has been issued and paid to G C Solicitor during (more…)
Policing and civil liberties – keeping women safe Conference has grave concerns about the unacceptable and heavy-handed policing of the Sarah Everard vigil held on Clapham Common on 13th March, its impact on confidence in the police given underlying concerns about institutional sexism, and message this conveyed about society’s response issues of gender violence, women’s (more…)
Saturday 20th March 2021 18:45 – 20:00 F17: The EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement and the Future of the UK–EU Relationship 37 members Mover: Layla Moran MP (Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs). Summation: Duncan Brack. Conference believes that the Conservative government’s EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Is a threadbare deal, bad for jobs, business, security, and (more…)
R-L-J/LDLA Co-Chair wrote a Chapter for Our Joint-Chair, James Sandbach, contributed a Chapter to a Social Liberal Forum book, “Wolves in The Forest – Tackling Inequality in 21st Century. The Chapter proposed that “Liberal Democrats should make more use the human rights frameworks in developing the Party’s policies on tackling inequality and poverty”. You can (more…)
The Report of the Independence Commission. Please note that this report is posted for discussion purposes at a meeting on 17th February and is not an expression of LibDem or R-L-J/ LibDemLawyers policy. The recommendation of a separate jurisdction for Wales is at page 20
The adjourned AGM will now take place at 6.30pm Tuesday 17th November 2020 Whilst the formal agenda is below, most importantly we will be discussing our campaigning goals. We want R-L-J/LDLA to take a lead in the party and beyond in protecting the Rule of Law, Human Rights and Constitutional Reform. We believe all of (more…)
From Lockdown to Liberty This has been a difficult period for the Party, whilst the last few months might have given us a strong platform to be the premier civil liberties voice playing to our USP, as political liberals many of us have resisted the temptation for opportunistic campaigning against the Coronavirus public health measures (more…)
