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Stop & search: widening the net? Premium Content
Neil Parpworth examines the stop & search provisions of the controversial Public Order Bill
18 November 2022 / Neil Parpworth
Backlog grows in the criminal courts
The criminal court backlog ‘is continuing to spiral out of control’, Law Society president Lubna Shuja has warned, with solicitor action akin to that taken by barristers ‘near inevitable’.
16 November 2022
Unduly lenient sentences increased
Sentences were increased for 106 offenders under the Unduly Lenient Scheme in 2021, according to government statistics published last week. 
16 November 2022
LNB NEWS: Law Society warns government stance on legal aid pushing solicitors to direct action
The Law Society has warned that the government’s stance on criminal legal aid is driving solicitors to consider unionising to take direct action, following the barrister strike action earlier this year. 
11 November 2022
Criminal damage: when the intuitive becomes counter-intuitive Premium Content
The Court of Appeal has weighed in on the debate surrounding criminal damage & right to protest: Nicholas Dobson examines the verdict
11 November 2022 / Nicholas Dobson
Proceeds of crime: Confiscating ill-gotten gains
Major reforms to the system for recovering the proceeds of crime have been set out by the Law Commission.
09 November 2022
SRA reports on money laundering raids
Regulators made 163 visits to law firms in connection with suspected anti-money laundering breaches last year, the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has reported.
09 November 2022
NLJ this week: Assessing the IICSA’s final report
Richard Scorer and Kim Harrison, specialist abuse lawyers at Slater & Gordon, assess the final report of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), in this week’s NLJ.
04 November 2022
NLJ this week: Crime Brief—equality before the law?
How true is the maxim, ‘all are equal before the law’… particularly where the estranged lover of an ex-king is involved? 
04 November 2022
25 years of the CCRC Premium Content
Overstretched & underfunded: the reasons for the CCRC’s failings are both complex & blindingly obvious, says Jon Robins
04 November 2022 / Dr Jon Robins
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Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Investigations and corporate crime specialist joins as partner

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Veteran funds specialist joins investment funds team

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Firm enhances competition practice with London partner hire

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The University of Manchester: Expanding Career Paths in Commercial and Tech Law
Could an online LLM in Commercial and Technology Law expand your career options?
MPs dissent but deliver on jury trials
The controversial Courts and Tribunals Bill has passed its second reading by 304 votes to 203, despite concerted opposition from the legal profession
Bill to repeal presumption of parental involvement
The presumption of parental involvement is to be abolished, the Lord Chancellor David Lammy has confirmed
No Mazur exception in family court
A highly experienced chartered legal executive has been prevented from representing her client in financial remedies proceedings, in a case that highlights the continued fallout from Mazur
No to interest plans, says CILEX
Plans to commandeer 50%-75% of the interest on lawyers’ client accounts to fund the justice system overlook the cost and administrative burden of this on small and medium law firms, CILEX has warned
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