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A company seeking an anti-suit injunction has lost at the Court of Appeal due to its failure to provide enough information.

Iris Karaman & Kate Chan discuss the practical impact of the EU’s proposed ‘Omnibus’ package

The European Commission’s proposed ‘Omnibus’ package sets out an array of proposed amendments to simplify corporate sustainability requirements and reduce paperwork. In this week’s NLJ, Iris Karaman, senior associate, and Kate Chan, associate, at Pillsbury Law, look at the ‘Omnibus’ content and assess its practical implications for business.

The nine-year reform programme to modernise and digitalise the courts has ended.

Hold tightly in family; LPA is 100; suing too high; hello Business Ombudsman; new consumer law; employment awards up.

If widely ratified, Hague 2019 will enhance global access to justice, writes Natalie Todd

There are only three months left before Hague 2019 takes effect on 1 July. In this week’s NLJ, Natalie Todd, partner at Cooke, Young & Keidan, looks ahead to the arrival of this important Convention which facilitates the effective international enforcement of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters.

An ‘intensive disclosure regime’ should be put in place to help judges manage data-heavy cases, according to the chair of the Independent Review of Disclosure and Fraud Offences, Jonathan Fisher KC.

In the era of greenwashing, Richard Reichman examines new guidance that highlights the overlap between fraud & ESG risks

A large number of civil, family and tribunal fees are about to go up (and a couple of dozen will go down). In this week’s NLJ, former district judge Stephen Gold crunches the numbers ahead of 1 April. As Gold writes, ‘issue before then and clients will be much impressed’.

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Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

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Legal notice: Notice under the Trustee Act 1925

NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925

Emergency lawyers on call as international regulatory actions soar

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

NLJ this week: Employment law’s fine margins

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

NLJ this week: Promises broken on non-molestation orders?

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

NLJ this week: Assisted dying under the legal microscope

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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Procedure & practice

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown