Issue: Vol 174, Issue 8070

The ongoing inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal continues to shock lawyers and members of the public alike. Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC, senior consultant, Bindmans, devotes his NLJ column this week to the professional behaviour of solicitors

The fundamental principle of lawyers’ and witnesses’ immunity from suit came under scrutiny in the recent case of El Haddad v Al Rostamani and others

A finding of neglect at an inquest can have ‘profound implications’ and ‘invariably carries with it an element of censure’, but what are its boundaries and limits?

The case of Shamima Begum, the former London schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join ISIL at the age of 15, is a troubling one, writes Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and a former member of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, in this week’s NLJ

Employment law brief in this week’s NLJ sees Professor Ian Smith dissect three recent cases that show lacunae in the law

More than 350 displaced Ukrainian lawyers are being assisted to develop their careers in the UK

Criminal lawyers have threatened to boycott Stratford Magistrates’ Court after court security guards pinned a duty solicitor to the floor

The Court of Appeal has clarified the scope of the Murfitt principle, in a case concerning a bungalow, known as the Goose House, built without planning consent

Criminal lawyers will be offered a ten-year contract when the next procurement process begins, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) confirmed this week

The theme of this year’s UK Pro Bono Week, taking place on 4–8 November, is ‘the power of pro bono’