Rosalyn Akar Grams
Head of legal services
Rosalyn Akar Grams, head of legal services for Freedom from Torture (www.freedomfromtorture.org)
Head of legal services
Rosalyn Akar Grams, head of legal services for Freedom from Torture (www.freedomfromtorture.org)
Rosalyn Akar Grams reflects on the ever-rising bar for medical evidence in asylum claims
Rosalyn Akar Grams reviews the impact of LASPO on the provision of quality legal representation for survivors of torture, as part of an exclusive NLJ online series on legal aid post-LASPO
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gilson Gray—Paul Madden
Partner appointed to head international insolvency and dispute resolution for England
Brachers—Gill Turner Tucker
Kent firm expands regional footprint through strategic acquisition
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan—William Charles
Financial disputes and investigations specialist joins as partner in London
NEWS
Ministers’ proposals to raise funds by seizing interest on lawyers’ client account schemes could ‘cause firms to close’, solicitors have warned
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
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