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English Law Day: North Asia and the Pacific

Our English Law Day events promote English law and English and Welsh solicitors. We've held events in China and South Korea.

10 Sep 2020
Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society Legal Services and the UK/Australia Free Trade Agreement Panel Discussion

On 31 July 2020, our International Policy Adviser, Catherine Brims, and Director of Strategic Relationships, Stephen Denyer, discussed legal services in Australia/UK trade negotiations, focusing on how the AALS contributed to our research on market access between Australia and England & Wales. You can watch a recording of the discussion.

10 Aug 2020

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International legal life in lockdown: Australia

John Farrell, senior policy lawyer at the Law Council of Australia in Canberra, talks to us about his experience of work during COVID-19 restrictions.

10 Jul 2020
National security law in Hong Kong

The recent passing of the National Security Law in Hong Kong undermines the rule of law, we have said in an intervention letter.

07 Jul 2020
Hong Kong national security law undermines rule of law

News that China has passed a national security law applicable in Hong Kong has been met with alarm by the Law Society of England and Wales and the Bar Council.

07 Jul 2020
Foreign business and China's civil code

On 28 May, the Chinese top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), finally promulgated the country’s first-ever civil code – after receiving in excess of 900,000 public comments during more than six years of deliberations.

22 Jun 2020