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Case of Baby P highlights fl aws in the care system

Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. www.city.ac.uk/law

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Will a new contact regime tame recalcitrant parents? asks Simon Blain

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Peter Hungerford-Welch, associate dean, The City Law School, City University London. www.city.ac.uk/law

Have prenups come of age? Laura Brown & Nicola Fisher investigate

Geraldine Morris looks at the implications of the Civil Partnership Act 2004

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Moore Barlow—Jess Ready & Natasha Jones

Commercial property and corporate teams expand in Southampton

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Employment firm expands capability with experienced hire

Devonshires—Aoife Murphy & Mandeep Sahota

Housing management and property litigation team bolstered by partner hires

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NLJ this week: Assisted dying under the legal microscope

Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961

NLJ this week: Failure to deliver in Getty v Stability AI

The long-awaited Getty Images v Stability AI judgment arrived at the end of last year—but not with the seismic impact many expected. In this week's issue of NLJ, experts from Arnold & Porter dissect a ruling that is ‘historic’ yet tightly confined

NLJ this week: Spotlight on the Supreme Court in 2025

The UK Supreme Court may be deciding fewer cases, but its impact in 2025 was anything but muted. In this week's NLJ, Professor Emeritus Brice Dickson of Queen’s University Belfast reviews a year marked by historically low output, a striking rise in jointly authored judgments, and a continued decline in dissent. High-profile rulings on biological sex under the Equality Act, public access to Dartmoor, and fairness in sexual offence trials ensured the court’s voice carried far beyond the Strand

NLJ this week: Mind the registration gap

Delays at HM Land Registry are no longer a background irritation but a growing source of professional risk. Writing in NLJ this week, Phil Murrin of DAC Beachcroft explores how the ‘registration gap’—now stretching up to two years in complex cases—is fuelling client frustration, priority disputes, and negligence claims

NLJ this week: Employment law’s fine margins

From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Moore Barlow—Jess Ready & Natasha Jones

Watershed—Rob Elliott

Devonshires—Aoife Murphy & Mandeep Sahota