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Both buy-in from partners and financial investment are required if diversity, equality and inclusiveness (DEI) initiatives are to make a material difference at law firms, research has shown

The ruling in the group action against the retailer paves the way for more claimants in the retail sector & beyond, writes Charles Pigott

There is a lot of activity currently in the arena of equal pay litigation, with six separate group actions being brought against major retailers

Basking in the dog days of summer, Ian Smith gets his teeth into recent case law involving bad blood, hearsay & a disappearing witness

Bad blood, hearsay and a disappearing witness are the juicy components of NLJ’s latest Employment law brief

Barristers would have a professional obligation to advance equality, diversity & inclusion (EDI), under proposals to amend regulations

Retailer Next has lost an equal pay claim brought by 3,500 store staff and former staff, in the first equal pay group action decision in the private sector

Planning and employment law reform took top billing in the King’s Speech, among an ambitious agenda of more than 35 bills

Baroness Carr, the Lady Chief Justice will look into obstacles impeding the progress into the judiciary of both black lawyers and disabled lawyers
From pronouns to ‘legalease’—the legal world needs to adapt, argues Jasmine Galvin
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Clarke Willmott—Matthew Roach

Partner joins commercial property team in Taunton office

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Farrer & Co—Richard Lane

Londstanding London firm appoints new senior partner

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Bird & Bird—Sue McLean

Commercial team in London welcomes technology specialist as partner

NEWS
What safeguards apply when trust corporations are appointed as deputy by the Court of Protection? 
Disputing parties are expected to take part in alternative dispute resolution (ADR), where this is suitable for their case. At what point, however, does refusing to participate cross the threshold of ‘unreasonable’ and attract adverse costs consequences?
When it comes to free legal advice, demand massively outweighs supply. 'Millions of people are excluded from access to justice as they don’t have anywhere to turn for free advice—or don’t know that they can ask for help,' Bhavini Bhatt, development director at the Access to Justice Foundation, writes in this week's NLJ
When an ex-couple is deciding who gets what in the divorce or civil partnership dissolution, when is it appropriate for a third party to intervene? David Burrows, NLJ columnist and solicitor advocate, considers this thorny issue in this week’s NLJ
NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week’s issue
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