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georgeperetzkc.bsky.social
As Chair, i can confirm that @soclablaw.bsky.social is indeed an ““affiliated socialist society providing legal and policy advice to the Labour Party. And to Labour MPs…”.
order-order.com/2025/08/29/j...
Judge Who Ruled in Favour of Home Office was Treasurer at Society of Labour Lawyers
Today three judges ruled in favour of the Home Office and overturned the temporary injunction blocking asylum seekers from being housed in an Epping
order-order.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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georgeperetzkc.bsky.social
Am quoted (speaking for @soclablaw.bsky.social) in this piece on Farage’s half-baked proposals.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage’s plan to deport thousands of asylum seekers draws scorn from legal experts
Reform UK leader told scheme is ‘simply not rooted in reality’ after he dodges questions on how it would work
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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georgeperetzkc.bsky.social
The full quote:
"The Reform party's policy is simply not rooted in reality. They want to institute a mass deportation programme with no real, or workable, idea of where people would be deported to. Reform's policy would require a returns policy to be negotiated with regimes such as the Taliban and Iran, and may, by their own admission, involve paying those regimes to do so. Which is impractical and extremely concerning, as well as unlawful (as our own courts ruled in the Rwanda case). Leaving the ECHR and repealing the Human Rights Act is excessive and dangerous and would put the UK in the company of Russia and Belarus, outside of the ECHR, whilst also undermining rights at home and our international agreements, not least the Good Friday Agreement, our treaties with the EU and our returns agreement with France. It would also, in all likelihood, preclude further cooperation and law enforcement in dealing with small boats coming from the continent and so increase, rather than reduce, the numbers reaching our shores. Instead of pursuing dead end and counterproductive policies, the Labour Government has negotiated a returns policy with France, and is committed to exploring how the ECHR might be reformed, on a multilateral basis, to better deal with the reality Britain, and its neighbours face."
August 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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thombrooks.bsky.social
Excellent new @soclablaw.bsky.social podcast "Labour Legislates" launched - with first episode on House of Lords reform with Baroness Smith of Basildon and Lord Falconer of Thoroton feeds.acast.com/public/shows... #brilliant
Labour LegislatesLabour LegislatesHouse of Lords Reform
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August 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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soclablaw.bsky.social
Surprise!!!! Labour Legislates Podcast just dropped 🎧🎧

We’ve just released the first episode of our Podcast! Yes, you read that correctly, Society of Labour Lawyers now have a Podcast.

House of Lords Reform with discussions from Baroness Smith and Lord Falconer.

shows.acast.com/labour-legis...
August 7, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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georgeperetzkc.bsky.social
⬇️. This is very good, and the start of (we hope) a regular podcast on Labour legislation and legal issues facing the government.
soclablaw.bsky.social Society of Labour Lawyers @soclablaw.bsky.social · Aug 7
Surprise!!!! Labour Legislates Podcast just dropped 🎧🎧

We’ve just released the first episode of our Podcast! Yes, you read that correctly, Society of Labour Lawyers now have a Podcast.

House of Lords Reform with discussions from Baroness Smith and Lord Falconer.

shows.acast.com/labour-legis...
August 7, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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georgeperetzkc.bsky.social
Here is the evidence of @soclablaw.bsky.social to the House of Lords Constitution Committee inquiry into the rule of law. committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
Society of Labour Lawyers – Written Evidence (ROL0037)
committees.parliament.uk
June 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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torstenbell.bsky.social
We’re ending austerity - the chart
June 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
brenlawyer.bsky.social
I could not agree more.

Venomous attacks on the attorney general are undermining the rule of law | Letter www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
Venomous attacks on the attorney general are undermining the rule of law | Letter
A letter from Stephen Hockman KC and Sam Townend KC, former chairs of the Bar Council, and Christina Blacklaws and I Stephanie Boyce, former presidents of the Law Society
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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georgeperetzkc.bsky.social
I agree. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/feb...
Venomous attacks on the attorney general are undermining the rule of law | Letter
A letter from Stephen Hockman KC and Sam Townend KC, former chairs of the Bar Council, and Christina Blacklaws and I Stephanie Boyce, former presidents of the Law Society
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
brenlawyer.bsky.social
Hugely helpful for all those looking to embark on a legal career!
soclablaw.bsky.social Society of Labour Lawyers @soclablaw.bsky.social · Feb 18
🔴 Mentorship Scheme 2025🔴

Calling all future Lawyers!

Applications open until midnight 28th February!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
February 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
brenlawyer.bsky.social
Great to be back out on the doorstep today, with @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social and friends from Greenwich Labour talking about how we make work pay.
February 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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soclablaw.bsky.social
Next week our Housing and Planning Group are hosting a webinar on ‘Social Housing: The Effect of Grenfell and the Social Housing Act’. If you’d like to attend please email [email protected]
January 10, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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andyburnham.bsky.social
Despite all of the challenges - legal and meteorological - we did it!

After 40 years of damaging deregulation, Greater Manchester has this morning successfully retaken control of the whole its bus network. 🙌🏻
The first Bee Network service pulls out of a snowy Altrincham Interchange early this morning.
January 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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georgeperetzkc.bsky.social
Honoured to have been elected as Chair of @soclablaw.bsky.social at this evening’s AGM. Catherine Atkinson MP will be a hard act to follow - but there is lots of work for us to do in supporting Labour in government to deliver the change that Britain needs.
December 5, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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soclablaw.bsky.social
Our fantastic Sunday evening panel chaired by Catherine Atkinson MP with Shabana Mahmood MP, Lord Richard Hermer KC, Sarah Sackman MP, Richard Atkinson, and Sam Townend KC.
September 20, 2024 at 6:27 PM
brenlawyer.bsky.social
A huge amount of excellent work has gone into producing this book, and is a must read.
September 15, 2024 at 4:22 PM