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The justice system cruelly stacks the odds against the neurodivergent, says Jon Robins

The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has now moved the barrister strikes into its alternating weeks phase, as negotiations with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have stalled

What does ‘sure’ mean, when directing a jury on the standard of proof? Writing in this week’s NLJ, Paul McKeown, City University associate professor of law, looks at this nebulous, challengeable word, which leads to what judges call ‘dreaded questions’ from the jury

Progress in improving support for women in prisons is slow and limited, the Justice Committee has warned

Research is increasingly revealing how little neurodiversity is understood in the context of the criminal justice system. One example, cited by Jon Robins, in this week’s NLJ, is a recent report that found as many as one in four prisoners in Britain may have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Nick Dent discusses whether the recent amendment of the Road Vehicles Regulations is enough to deter drivers from using their phones

Criminal barristers went on strike for the full five days, as their escalating protest against low rates of pay for defence work entered its fourth week

How can drivers be deterred from the dangerous practice of driving while using their mobile phones?

This month, David Walbank QC examines one of the longest established principles of criminal law: the courts’ approach to the concept of insanity

"This book is an icon of criminal practice and will be with us, no doubt for the next 200 years"

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DWF—Jenny Leonard

Former Metropolitan Police director joins police, care and justice team

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Hill Dickinson—Helen Foley, Charlotte Fallon & Gary Parnell

Firm grows London business services team with trio of partner hires

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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

DWF—Jenny Leonard

Charles Russell Speechlys—Ed Morgan

Hill Dickinson—Helen Foley, Charlotte Fallon & Gary Parnell