Neil Parpworth examines the stop & search provisions of the controversial Public Order Bill
Pitch invaders beware: Neil Parpworth examines the aggravated trespass offence on the field of play
Neil Parpworth revisits his article about breaching embargoes on circulating draft judgments, with some important updates
The intervention of the European Court of Human Rights in the government’s Rwanda asylum plan was a rare success, as Neil Parpworth explains
Neil Parpworth examines the new law on public processions & public assemblies
Neil Parpworth reports on fixed penalty notices for COVID offences: have they muddied the waters between civil & criminal penalties?
When to call a general election: a matter for the prime minister to decide (once again). Neil Parpworth reports on the new Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022
Beware before you share: Neil Parpworth on draft judgments & the dangers of breaching an embargo
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Arc Pensions Law—Richard Meers
Pensions litigation team announces senior associate hire
Burges Salmon—Neil Demuth
Firm appoints new chief financial officer
Anthony Collins—Sue Bearman
Social purpose firm announces director hire plus eight promotions
NEWS
Human rights lawyers, social justice champion, co-founder of the law firm Bindmans, and NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC has died at the age of 92 years
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
In NLJ this week, Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre marks Pro Bono Week by urging lawyers to recognise the emotional toll of pro bono work
Can a lease legally last only days—or even hours? Professor Mark Pawlowski of the University of Greenwich explores the question in this week's NLJ
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