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Calls to a legal helpline for whistleblowers are on the rise, with demand highest in the health and social work sectors and from those on lower incomes.

Former pupils of Treloar’s College who were infected with contaminated blood during medical research in the 1970s and 1980s have lost their bid to bring a group litigation order (GLO).

In the first of a series of articles tracking the passage of the Bill, Michael Zander KC reports on slow progress in committee

Casey Randall, Head of Genetics at AlphaBiolabs, answers some of the most common questions regarding relationship DNA testing for court

Leading drug, alcohol and DNA testing laboratory, AlphaBiolabs, has made a £500 donation to Beatson Cancer Charity in Glasgow as part of its Giving Back campaign.

Recent caselaw on vicarious liability, quantum and the process of seeking permission for a civil claim for injuries occurring while committing an imprisonable offence for which the potential claimant was later convicted, are all discussed in NLJ’s personal injury update column this week. Vijay Ganapathy, partner at Leigh Day specialising in industrial disease and complex injury cases, explores the issues in each case.

Is the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill as radical as many critics would have us believe? In this week’s NLJ, Professor Graham Zellick KC, a Senior Master of the Bench, asserts it is not.

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is not the seminal, fundamental reform it is said to be, argues Graham Zellick

The application of the forfeiture rule in assisted dying cases: Sukhninder Panesar examines a delicate balancing act for the courts

Vijay Ganapathy discusses some key decisions in personal injury which will provide important guidance for future cases

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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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Health

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly