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Issue: Vol 170, Issue 7897

29 July 2020
IN THIS ISSUE
Nick Hopkins & Christine Land outline the Law Commission proposals designed to pave the way to genuine homeownership
An analysis of the new UK sanctions regime by Tom Forster QC & David Claxton
Alec Samuels details a decade of the UK Supreme Court
Court bargains on offer; COVID lesson; Online for FR consents
Simon Parsons raises issues with the law of voluntary intoxication
Are asylum seekers getting good legal advice, ask Rona Epstein & Peter William Walsh
Questions about entitlement to holidays & how holiday pay is calculated have rarely been more prominent, says Charles Pigott
The Law Commission has launched draft legislation to remodel online shopping laws
The maximum payment for a single grant from the Compensation Fund will be lowered from £2m to £500,000, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has announced
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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
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