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Ian Smith highlights the importance of keeping your eye on the employment law ball & keeping an eye out for unicorns

John Bowers QC sets out some ground rules for conducting a successful investigation

Ian Smith gets serious before the publishing break with a fundamental review of the law
Alec Samuels discusses when Wagner became ‘too loud’
Delays in employment cases have hit a record high as overburdened tribunals struggle to deal with the volume of claims, lawyers have warned.

Do low rates of statutory pay for shared parental leave discriminate against the non-birthing partner? Shane Crawford analyses the arguments

Charles Pigott shares a close reading of the Court of Appeal’s ruling on defining the limits of collective bargaining

Low-paid workers are to receive more workplace protections under the government’s ‘Good work plan’, business secretary Greg Clark announced this week. 

Recommendations for the future of non-disclosure agreements in discrimination cases—Stephen Levinson takes the long view

“Smith gives us the panoramic view, seamlessly welding together old authorities with developments up to the end of February 2019”
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Maryam Syed KC, Church Court Chambers

NLJ Career Profile: Maryam Syed KC, Church Court Chambers

From childhood dreams of the Bar to some of the country's most challenging cases, Maryam Syed KC explains why she has never stopped standing up for others

DAC Beachcroft—Richard Breavington, Rachel Ford & Daniel Guilfoyle

DAC Beachcroft—Richard Breavington, Rachel Ford & Daniel Guilfoyle

DAC Beachcroft significantly expands Cyber team, hiring three Cyber partners

Browne Jacobson—Professor Clive Kay

Browne Jacobson—Professor Clive Kay

Browne Jacobson appoints senior healthcare leader Professor Clive Kay as strategic adviser

NEWS
As family justice moves further away from the courtroom, collaborative law is emerging as an increasingly important route to resolving separation disputes
A busy period for employment law is producing important lessons for employers, employees and tribunals alike
From forgotten interest claims to case-management appeals, a string of procedural developments offers useful—and occasionally cautionary—lessons for practitioners

Jonathan Fisher KC highlights that it now accounts for around 40% of criminal offences, with roughly 70% involving technology, and argues that the UK cannot simply prosecute its way out of the problem. Detection, investigation and prosecution all require improvement, while different fraud types demand tailored responses.

How forcefully can a litigant criticise a public authority before robust advocacy crosses the line into unreasonable conduct? 
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