THIS ISSUE
Neil Parpworth looks into Sentencing Council proposals
to give litterbugs a taste of their own medicine
The government intends to abolish the joint posts of Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner, which would be a big mistake, Michael Zander KC writes in this week’s NLJ
‘More than 80,000 children are presently caught up in Children Act 1989, Pt 2 proceedings, according to court statistics,’ writes David Burrows, NLJ columnist and family law solicitor-advocate
The Arbitration Act is 25 years old and in line for reform courtesy of proposals put forward by the Law Commission, but are they needed? Is anything missing? Do they go too far?
In an NLJ expert witness double-bill this week, Mark Solon looks at the way experts work with instructing solicitors and what might compel them to forego their responsibilities to the court, while forensic accountant Rakesh Kapila tackles the financial aspects of fraudulent trading from an expert witness perspective
The heinous act of fly-tipping, scourge of landlords anywhere stray mattresses, broken sofas and unidentifiable lumber might appear, has caught the attention of the Sentencing Council
Deliveroo riders cannot be classed as workers, the Supreme Court has held unanimously in a landmark judgment
Lawyers have welcomed a commitment to update the guideline hourly rates (GHR), review the costs provisions of the Solicitors Act 1974 and uprate the fixed recoverable costs cap
One third of in-house legal teams aim to use artificial intelligence (AI) to reduce costs, research has found
The routine redaction of names of civil servants below the senior ranks in documents disclosed to court is not justified, the High Court has held
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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