Neil Parpworth crunches the 2024–25 numbers on police use of stop & search powers
Neil Parpworth considers when the court may consider it appropriate to limit the application of the principle of open justice
Neil Parpworth considers whether electing a new party leader is a public law function for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998?
Neil Parpworth analyses Green v UK, in which the European Court of Human Rights upheld parliamentarians’ protection
A waste of time or due process? Neil Parpworth reports on the Lords debating the Lords
Neil Parpworth shares his reaction to the Charter for Londoners
Neil Parpworth dissects the proposed new public order offences contained within the Crime & Policing Bill
Data is available for the first time on the policing of public processions & assemblies: what does it reveal? Neil Parpworth looks behind the figures
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Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution 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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