THIS ISSUE
Are the criminal law & criminal justice responses to cases where a woman is suspected of causing the death of her infant or late term foetus fit for purpose? Dr Emma Milne
Investment in renewables is accelerating, and arbitration tends to be the best way to resolve disputes, writes Mark McMahon
Corporate agents beware: Dr Mike Wilkinson dissects the mistaken belief that individuals running a company are shielded from personal liability for company wrongdoing
The task of simplifying the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) is ‘a mammoth task and expected to take quite some time, but is already showing promise’, Lord Justice Birss, deputy head of civil justice, has said in his foreword to the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (CPRC) annual report for 2021
European nature conservation laws remain enforceable against the Environment Agency, despite the UK having left the EU, the High Court has held in a landmark case
The arrest and pre-trial detention of Russian lawyer, Dmitry Talantov, president of the Bar Association of the Republic of Udmurtia, has been condemned by the International Bar Association (IBA)
Elisabeth Davies has been re-appointed as chair of the Office for Legal Complaints (OLC) for a second term of office, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has announced
Lawyers have urged Prime Minister Liz Truss to address the crisis in the justice system, following bad-mouthing of ‘lefty’ lawyers by the previous incumbent and amid a bleak landscape of strikes, case backlogs and severe court delays
Solicitors have been issued with guidance on sexual misconduct, following a rise in complaints made to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)
The Supreme Court has confirmed it will not hear an appeal from RT (Russia Today) against Ofcom’s 2019 fine for impartiality failings
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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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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