THIS ISSUE
The family courts are increasingly ready to impose costs orders as a result of poor behaviour or misleading evidence, say Stowe Family Law senior associates Siobhan Vegh and Natalie Nero, and solicitor Rebecca Sutton. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Vegh, Nero and Sutton talk us through a recent example, the divorce and financial remedies case, NW v BH.
Lawyers may have heard of The 39 Steps, One Thousand and One Arabian Nights, The Magnificent Seven, and even One Hundred and One Dalmatians, but how about The Tale of 94 Dodgy Divorces? Former district judge Stephen Gold shares his thoughts on this sad story, albeit one with a happy-ish ending, in this week’s NLJ.
What went on at the Supreme Court in 2024? In this week’s NLJ, Brice Dickson, Emeritus Professor of Law, Queen’s University Belfast, reviews the cases, volume of work and topics covered in the past year.
What extra steps should employers take when employees deal with third parties? In this week’s NLJ, Vanessa Kelly, principal associate at Eversheds Sutherland, dissects the new legal duty on employers to proactively protect employees from sexual harassment, including from third parties, which took effect in October 2024.
You may already have seen the adverts. As Professor Dominic Regan, AKA 'The insider', writes in this week’s NLJ, the decision in Johnson v Firstrand Bank ‘caused financial institutions to wobble amid talk of this opening the way to the next PPI claims bonanza’. However, stability may be about to be restored. Regan reports the Supreme Court has sprung into action.
Where would the legal profession be without the humble motorcar & the endless disputes it produces? Dominic Regan steers through credit hire confusion & secret commissions
The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill has prompted fierce debate on both sides, but is a Bill needed at all? Simon Parsons considers the existing law & guidance
Vanessa Kelly outlines the new duty on employers to prevent sexual harassment & how this should impact their dealings with third parties
Family practitioners should be aware of the courts’ increasing readiness to impose costs orders as a result of poor behaviour or misleading evidence: Siobhan Vegh, Natalie Nero & Rebecca Sutton highlight a recent example
A new Product Liability Directive for Europe, the same old Consumer Protection Act for the UK: will UK claimants be left clinging to the wreckage? Sarah Moore & Katie Bohl analyse the growing rift
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown
Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team
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Excello Law—Heather Horsewood & Darren Barwick
North west team expands with senior private client and property hires
Ward Hadaway—Paul Wigham
Firm boosts corporate team in Newcastle to support high-growth technology businesses
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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