THIS ISSUE
How do you hold oil companies to account? In this week’s NLJ, Dr Angus Nurse sets out the legal routes for remedying corporate environmental harm
There’s pure Gold on show in this week’s Civil way, as former district judge turned NLJ columnist Stephen Gold unravels the latest legal knots
Contrary to ‘received wisdom for over 40 years’, limitation periods do apply to unfair prejudice petitions, the Court of Appeal has held in a landmark judgment
A self-flying aircraft is the subject of the latest Law Commission consultation
The Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP) Bill has gained cross-party support at its second reading in parliament, the Ministry of Justice has said
A magistrate has been removed from the Gloucestershire bench for failing to disclose in his application form that he had been convicted of five offences
The Law Commission has launched a call for evidence on jurisdiction issues in relation to electronic trade documents and digital assets such as crypto-tokens
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is revising its timetable for the courts modernisation programme due to the pressures of the courts backlog
A record number of pupillages have been offered in the Bar Council’s recruitment site, the Pupillage Gateway
The Foreign Office has imposed a further 50 sanctions against individuals and businesses connected to Russian president Vladimir Putin or which act as sources of Russian revenue
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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