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Is there potential for a legal claim for reparations for the slave trade? Thomas Roe KC examines the possibilities & limitations under public international law

Who would believe a granite outcrop in Dartmoor to be one of the oldest seats of English law in the country? William Gibson charts the pre-Norman origins of the tinners’ parliament of Crockern Tor

A claim that government business discussed over WhatsApp was unlawful has been dismissed by the Court of Appeal: Nicholas Dobson reports

Public inquiries—getting at the truth or kicking the can down the road? Malcolm Bishop KC hovers between optimism & cynicism

“The policing of protest has been conducted in a routinely violent way for more than four decades”

London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for a review of policing during the coronation of King Charles III, after more than 60 anti-monarchy protesters were arrested.

Government statistics on fly-tipping (more than a million reported incidents per year) ‘make unedifying reading’, writes Neil Parpworth, of Leicester De Montfort Law School, in this week’s NLJ. But is the law doing anything to curb this disgusting British habit?

Are government plans for enforcement on fly-tipping likely to have an impact? Neil Parpworth examines the scale of the fly-tipping plague

Is the current approach to delegated legislation undermining the constitutional balance between executive & legislature? Nick Wrightson discusses the need for greater oversight

The Met has been exposed by the Casey Review as having ‘a poisoned culture that has become endemic’, writes NLJ columnist Jon Robins in this week’s issue.

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Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

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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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Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown