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Behind the wrongful conviction of Andrew Malkinson lies an even greater scandal, as Jon Robins reveals

Michael Zander on what enables the police to catch criminals

The horrifying case of Andrew Malkinson, who spent 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, is not a one-off or an aberration, NLJ columnist Jon Robins writes in his column this week. Instead, it’s part of a wider systemic problem.

The Sentencing Council has published its response to the recommendations of the Domestic Homicide Sentencing Review, led by Clare Wade KC.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has finally apologised to Marcia Rigg for failings in its misconduct investigations into the death of her brother, Sean Rigg at Brixton police station in 2008.

A cunning (economic crime) plan? Kate Bridgland, Oliver Cooke & Richard Marshall turn their attention to the government’s proposals for tackling money laundering & fraud

The law governing the age of marriage has recently changed: John Mayberry stresses the importance of raising awareness within communities with strong traditions of marrying early

A light is finally being shone on the murky practices of undercover policing: Jon Robins queries whether the ends ever justified the means

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has faced some serious stumbling blocks in its time, so is it fit for purpose? In this week’s NLJ, in the first of a three-part series, Penningtons Manches Cooper lawyers Kate Bridgland, associate, Oliver Cooke, senior associate, and Richard Marshall, partner, put SFO prosecutions in the dock.

In the first of a three-part series on the changing economic crime landscape in the UK, Kate Bridgland, Oliver Cooke & Richard Marshall put Serious Fraud Office prosecutions in the dock

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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: EU law trumps sports arbitration

RFC Seraing v FIFA, in which the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) reaffirmed that awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) may be reviewed by EU courts on public-policy grounds, is under examination in this week's NLJ by Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law, Zurich

NLJ this week: Shareholder secrecy sunk

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'

NLJ this week: The expanding remit of national security law

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

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Criminal

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Richard Meers

Burges Salmon—Neil Demuth

Anthony Collins—Sue Bearman