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The administrative & legal failings of the Legal Aid Agency need urgent examination, says John Ford

Truss scraps legal aid time limits for domestic abuse victims

The government should rethink its plans to revamp the legal aid housing duty scheme, says Steve Hynes

Steve Hynes shares the damning results of the latest report on the impact of legal aid cuts

Can Lord Bach produce a viable blueprint for a fair system of justice, asks Geoffrey Bindman QC

Jon Robins examines the interim report of the Bach Commission on Access to Justice

Geoffrey Bindman QC shares his reflections on crowdfunding as a route to access to justice

Amnesty International’s report shines an unforgiving light on the impact of LASPO, says Jon Robins​

The public interest is dependent on firms like PIL and Leigh Day to hold government to account, says Steve Hynes

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

Excello Law—Heather Horsewood & Darren Barwick

Excello Law—Heather Horsewood & Darren Barwick

North west team expands with senior private client and property hires

Ward Hadaway—Paul Wigham

Ward Hadaway—Paul Wigham

Firm boosts corporate team in Newcastle to support high-growth technology businesses

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Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
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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