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A clampdown on the practice of greenwashing investment products has been proposed by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Can anti-bribery & corruption compliance programmes assist corporates with environmental, social & governance risks? Liam Naidoo & Kevin O’Connor consider the evidence

European nature conservation laws remain enforceable against the Environment Agency, despite the UK having left the EU, the High Court has held in a landmark case

London-based Bishop & Sewell has become the latest law firm to launched an ESG (environmental, social and governance) advisory group to assist the firm and its clients

The in-house legal team at telecoms giant Vodafone UK has pioneered a ‘Greener Litigation’ initiative aimed at encouraging corporate counsel to reduce the environmental impact of litigation

It is important that the courts do not lose the environmental gains made as a result of the pandemic, say Francesca Berry & Karen Hutchinson

Lucy Greenwood & Leonor Díaz-Córdova discuss impactful steps we can all take towards a greener future in arbitration

Environmental, social & governance: Clare Hughes‑Williams & Sarah Crowther on why law firms should keep all three top of the agenda if they want to keep the lights on in the long term

Caroline Greenwell & Peter Carlyon consider the issue of companies exaggerating their green credentials

Greenwashing is all the rage, it seems, with companies keen to maximise marketing of their environmentally conscious products and some taking it too far. It can be a dangerous game, if caught out, as Charles Russell Speechlys partner Caroline Greenwell and trainee Peter Carlyon explain in this week’s NLJ

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Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

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Public Accounts Committee warn of ‘extinction’ risk for legal aid

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned

NLJ this week: The insider returns

Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome

NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt

After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights

NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers

The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains

NLJ this week: Looking back on the prorogation that never was

Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously

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Environment

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly