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The decision by the government to make the Lucy Letby Inquiry non-statutory and then to change its mind and make the inquiry statutory is the subject of Red Lion Chambers barristers Sailesh Mehta’s and Tom Davies’s article in this week’s NLJ

Families of 39 people who died in a refrigerated lorry after being illegally smuggled to the UK via Belgium can be awarded damages, a Paris court has ruled

Issues of admissibility & attribution in encrypted communications will become increasingly common, Thomas Schofield predicts

It’s been three years since French police infiltrated EncroChat, an encrypted messaging service allegedly used by organised criminal groups across the UK and Europe. In this week’s NLJ, criminal barrister Thomas Schofield, of No5 Chambers, looks at the prosecutorial challenges that have arisen since

Judges will have to impose whole life sentences for serious cases, such as murders involving sexual or sadistic conduct, under a Sentencing Bill included in this week’s King’s Speech

Certain custodial sentences will no longer need to be declared to potential employers and when applying for courses, insurance and housing as of last week under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022

Jenni Dempster KC & Alex Benn examine the modern problems of unlawful detention & provide practitioners with some valuable guidance on navigating the system

John Cooper KC trumpets a triumph of the big screen

Practical advice on how to protect your client from unlawful detention, even on Friday afternoons, is the subject of an article by Red Lion Chambers’ barristers Jenni Dempster KC and Alex Benn, in this week’s NLJ

MPs are to investigate the use of pre-recorded cross-examination

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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

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AlphaBiolabs donation boosts men’s mental health charity Sean’s Place

AlphaBiolabs has made a £500 donation to Sean’s Place, a men’s mental health charity based in Sefton, as part of its ongoing Giving Back initiative

Tribute to Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC

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

NLJ this week: Law Society calls for clarity on AML

The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Turning corporate liability into opportunity

Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted

NLJ this week: A prince no more?

Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke

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Criminal

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Richard Meers

Burges Salmon—Neil Demuth

Anthony Collins—Sue Bearman