Nicholas Dobson
Consultant
Nicholas Dobson writes (among other things) on local government, public law & governance. Newlawjournal.co.uk
Consultant
Nicholas Dobson writes (among other things) on local government, public law & governance. Newlawjournal.co.uk
The urgency of COVID-19 does not provide a licence to short-change essential public law principles, says Nicholas Dobson
Nicholas Dobson navigates the murky world of free speech & cancel culture
R (on the application of Z) v Hackney London Borough Council: Nicholas Dobson navigates the Supreme Court’s path through a hall of mirrors
Nicholas Dobson discusses the Blitz spirit & deploying trained ‘Marshals’ in the fight against COVID-19
Nicholas Dobson reports on ethical investments & the Local Government Pension Scheme
Nicholas Dobson searches for relief from COVID-19 by revisiting the Great Plague
Nicholas Dobson reports on housing deception & the public sector equality duty
A month on from WM Morrison Supermarkets v Various Claimants being published, Nicholas Dobson reflects on where things went awry on the long & winding road to the final appeal court
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gilson Gray—Linda Pope
Partner joins family law team inLondon
Jackson Lees Group—five promotions
Private client division announces five new partners
Taylor Wessing—Max Millington
Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London
NEWS
Transferring anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing supervision to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) could create extra paperwork and increase costs for clients, lawyers have warned
In this week's NLJ, Bhavini Patel of Howard Kennedy LLP reports on Almacantar v De Valk [2025], a landmark Upper Tribunal ruling extending protection for leaseholders under the Building Safety Act 2022
Writing in NLJ this week, Hanna Basha and Jamie Hurworth of Payne Hicks Beach dissect TV chef John Torode’s startling decision to identify himself in a racism investigation he denied. In an age of ‘cancel culture’, they argue, self-disclosure can both protect and imperil reputations
As he steps down as Chancellor
of the High Court, Sir Julian
Flaux reflects on over 40 years
in law, citing independence,
impartiality and integrity as
guiding principles. In a special
interview with Grania Langdon-Down for NLJ, Sir Julian highlights morale, mentorship and openness as key to a thriving judiciary
Dinsdale v Fowell is a High Court case entangling bigamy, intestacy and modern family structures, examined in this week's NLJ by Shivi Rajput of Stowe Family Law
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