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Issue: Vol 173, Issue 8049

17 November 2023
IN THIS ISSUE

Business as usual; New liability for employers; Latest FPR PD update; Bankruptcy annulment; Mission for no commission

Sailesh Mehta & Tom Davies put the Lucy Letby Inquiry under the spotlight
Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC looks back to the feud of Bacon & Coke
Imran Khodabocus calls for honour-based abuse to be given a legal definition
Tim Suter & Sophie Cartwright KC look at the measures available to support vulnerable witnesses
Laura Rees suggests it’s time Parliament reviewed the Solicitors Act 1974 to give consumers & solicitors better protection
The government has missed an opportunity to establish a legal definition of honour-based abuse, Imran Khodabocus, director, the Family Law Company, writes in this week’s NLJ. A recommendation that this be done was made by the Women and Equalities Committee but rejected by the government in September
Nicola Brant finds troublesome defects in the Act which was meant to improve building safety after Grenfell
How is the EU law thread in Agnew to be applied to the rest of the UK? Charles Pigott reports
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team

NEWS

Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event

Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need

Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ

An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ

The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear

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