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EM (Lebanon) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ALF and others intervening [2008] UKHL 64, [2008] All ER (D) 206 (Oct)

Government seeking to reduce burden on statutory schemes

Practice Direction (family proceedings) (listing final hearings in adoption cases) [2008] All ER (D) 134 (Oct)

RK and another v United Kingdom [2008] All ER (D) 143 (Oct)

Adhering to good practice can reduce hostility in family law proceedings, says Lorraine Jones

Re S (a child) (placement order: revocation) [2008] All ER (D) 48 (Oct)

David Burrows considers issues of “magnetic importance”

Treharne v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2008] All ER (D) 120 (Sep)

Family lawyers cite financial disincentives for issuing child protection orders

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Moore Barlow—Jess Ready & Natasha Jones

Moore Barlow—Jess Ready & Natasha Jones

Commercial property and corporate teams expand in Southampton

Watershed—Rob Elliott

Watershed—Rob Elliott

Employment firm expands capability with experienced hire

Devonshires—Aoife Murphy & Mandeep Sahota

Devonshires—Aoife Murphy & Mandeep Sahota

Housing management and property litigation team bolstered by partner hires

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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
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
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
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
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