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What is the meaning of ‘philosophical belief’ for the purposes of employment law?
Hodge, Jones & Allen (HJA) housing solicitor Bahareh Amani has been appointed as the firm’s diversity champion
There has been a significant increase in the use of stop and search in the past year, Neil Parpworth of Leicester De Montfort Law School writes in this week’s NLJ
NLJ columnist DDJ Stephen Gold turns detective this week to uncover the going rates for silks, ex-judges and solicitors in the flourishing market of family law arbitration
John Bowers reflects on Grainger plc v Nicholson—a case believed to be important about how to qualify ‘belief’
Mark Solon reports on the first university certified training course for experts giving evidence in Scottish courts
Rakesh Kapila explains why profit & cash flow forecasts are important in litigation assignments on which forensic accountants are involved
Neil Parpworth reports on the latest stop and search figures and calls for an intelligence led approach
Michael Zander believes that the Government will be forced to climb down on the Internal Market Bill
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly
Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team
Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees
Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees
Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron
Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes
NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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