header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7814

26 October 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

Following the latest case with cake at the core, Athelstane Aamodt takes a culinary journey through a few more legal pickles

​A changing role in changing times? Sophie Gould reports on how in-house lawyers are adopting & adapting advances in legal technology

Question marks over lingua franca status of English law post-Brexit

Not all beneficiaries or trustee decisions are equal, as William Moffett reports

    In his second article on the challenges of amending a defendant’s name, Victor Smith considers the distinction between entities that are truly different & the same defendant merely misnamed

    John McMullen discusses the variation of employment contracts after TUPE transfers

    Legal challenges to solicitors’ bills seem set to increase, says Richard Langley

    Supermarket vicariously liable for employee breach

    Show
    10
    Results
    Results
    10
    Results

    MOVERS & SHAKERS

    Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

    Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

    Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

    Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

    Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

    Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

    Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

    Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown

    Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team

    NEWS

    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
    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
    back-to-top-scroll