THIS ISSUE
The government is planning ‘an independent review into the operation of the Human Rights Act’, which will take place ‘in due course’, the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC has confirmed in a letter replying to Harriet Harman, Chair of the Joint Committee on Human Rights.
Legal safeguards on private prosecutions need to be strengthened, MPs have said in a report prompted by the Post Office sub postmasters’ scandal
Proposals to reform the ‘unnecessarily complex, inconsistent, outdated and inefficient’ law of search warrants have been set out by the Law Commission
Some criminal barristers are being paid less than the national minimum wage of £6.45 per hour, according to the Bar Council
Legal action has been launched against the government for abandoning planning permission requirements for 5G mobile phone masts, antennae and cell towers
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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
NEWS
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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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