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A recent report illustrates the pressures facing the growing number of litigants in person, says Jon Robins

Kim Beatson, Caroline Bowden & Ellen Lucas chart the ongoing chaos in family law proceedings

Family legal aid cuts are having a major impact while falling crime has made further budget cuts unnecessary, according to the Bar Council

Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has fired out a replacement consultation on criminal legal aid – a week after the High Court found he acted unlawfully by suppressing the findings of two key reports in the earlier consultation.

Bar Council report confirms “devastating” impact of LASPO on legal aid

Could fee remission mitigate the legal aid drought? Peter Thompson QC offers some tips

Jon Robins examines the rolling impact of the legal aid cuts

David Burrows questions if the exceptional cases legal aid legislation is being properly applied

John McKenna reports on the devastating impact of the legal aid cuts on an area of Liverpool

Jo Renshaw reports on the impact of LASPO on those rooted in publicly-funded work as part of an exclusive NLJ online series on legal aid

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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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