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Does the legal profession prioritise access to justice for all, asks Dale Timson

What impact will the new Lord Chancellor have on the UK justice system, asks Jon Robins

Legal aid may be a tiny backwater of our public services but it holds the key to access to justice, as Jon Robins explains

Steve Hynes examines the policies political parties are offering the electorate on access to justice & legal aid

Jon Robins takes issue with the corporate aspect of the largely well-intentioned Manifesto for Justice

Jon Robins laments the foreseeable consequences of the MoJ’s legal aid vanishing act

The government’s Magna Carta celebrations leave a bad taste in the mouths of legal aid campaigners, says Jon Robins

The great UK tradition of the Magna Carta remains vital, say Martha de la Roche & Ruth Daniel

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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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