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Veronica Cowan

Barrister & journalist

Barrister and journalist.

Barrister & journalist

Barrister and journalist.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
It’s time for an independent body to ensure coroners’ recommendations are implemented, writes Veronica Cowan
Veronica Cowan looks at a recent decision on the weed that never dies
Is remote working here to stay? Veronica Cowan explores the post-pandemic attitude to home working in the legal sector
Veronica Cowan reports on a case which is creating uncertainty in police serious misconduct cases
Veronica Cowan reports on the ongoing strikes by criminal barristers: what will it take to repair a broken system?
Veronica Cowan discusses the benefits of driving digital conveyancing in house buying & selling
Are increasing professional indemnity insurance premiums posing a threat to small law firms? Veronica Cowan investigates
Veronica Cowan talks to the Chief Legal Ombudsman, Paul McFadden, about his plans to drive recovery & change
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

NEWS

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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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