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Theo Huckle QC compares & contrasts the public safety policy agendas of administrations in Westminster & Wales

David Locke reviews the matter of informed consent, post Montgomery

In the second part of a two part series, David Branson reports on the end of a century old overlap between civil and criminal liability in health and safety

In the first of a two-part series, David Branson reports on the end of a century old overlap between civil & criminal liability in health & safety

Post Deepwater, Richard Lissack QC & Fiona Horlick review the implications of the Offshore Installations (Offshore Safety Directive) (Safety Case) Regulations 2015

When does a failure to prosecute health & safety violations breach human rights? Kate Beattie reports

David Branson examines the increasingly divergent approach to legal liability in health & safety at work cases

Removing liability for health & safety regulation breaches would take us back to the 19th century, says Keith Patten

Robert Kay crunches the numbers involved in securing & insuring the London 2012 Olympic Games

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

Daniel Burbeary, office managing partner of Michelman Robinson, discusses launching in London, the power of the law, and what the kitchen can teach us about litigating

Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor

Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor

West End firm strengthens employment and immigration team with partner hire

JMW—Belinda Brooke

JMW—Belinda Brooke

Employment and people solutions offering boosted by partner hire

NEWS
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
The long-running Mazur saga edged towards its finale as the Court of Appeal heard arguments on whether non-solicitors can ‘conduct litigation’. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School reports from a packed courtroom where 16 wigs watched Nick Bacon KC argue that Mr Justice Sheldon had failed to distinguish between ‘tasks and responsibilities’

The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ

Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
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