Athelstane Aamodt
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Athelstane Aamodt, group legal advisor, Associated Newspapers Limited (www.dmgmedia.co.uk).
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Athelstane Aamodt, group legal advisor, Associated Newspapers Limited (www.dmgmedia.co.uk).
Athelstane Aamodt asks: when is a signature not a signature?
How has a phrase that appears nowhere in the supreme law of the US managed to become part of it? Athelstane Aamodt considers the history
As the world waits to find out who will become the next pope, Athelstane Aamodt explains how the Catholic Church will make the decision
As the Bill progresses through Parliament, Athelstane Aamodt looks back at millennia of arguments for & against assisted dying
Not only the athletes but the lawyers should win a gold medal, writes Athelstane Aamodt
Athelstane Aamodt on the earthly laws of celestial bodies
How do we regulate the treatment of the dead? Athelstane Aamodt digs up the truth
Athelstane Aamodt considers whether the US Constitution can put the brakes on the Trump campaign
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice
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Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team
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Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team
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From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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