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Tamil Sri Lankan asylum seekers currently being held on the island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago are to be allowed to transfer to the UK, following legal proceedings

The Hillsborough Law is decades overdue. Colin Wells & Jo Delahunty KC explain why its provisions should be used to deliver justice to those who need protection when agencies have failed them

The Hillsborough Law ‘is decades overdue’, Colin Wells, barrister at 25 Bedford Row, & Jo Delahunty KC, barrister at 4PB, write in this week’s NLJ

A man has been found guilty of conspiring to commit FGM, in the third FGM conviction in England and Wales, and first conviction of conspiracy to commit FGM

Incompetence, dishonesty and greed led to the Grenfell Tower fire and the deaths of 72 people, Sir Martin Moore-Bick has concluded in his final report

The Lord Chancellor has blocked prisoners serving whole life orders from ever getting married or entering into a civil partnership

Anne Zimmerman reports on efforts to stop a deadly harvest

Dominic Regan sheds light on the Assange affair & rails against absurd expenditure at home & abroad

When are witnesses in public inquiries compelled to participate? Nick Wrightson explores this often-delicate issue

The worlds of law and politics collide where public inquiries take place

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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

Wedlake Bell—Rebecca Christie

Firm welcomes partner with specialist expertise in family and art law

Birketts—Álvaro Aznar

Dual-qualified partner joins international private client team

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NLJ this week: Driving test fraudsters steer towards jail

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

NLJ this week: Deepfakes demand data law muscle

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

NLJ this week: 40% penalty for coercive control

In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473

NLJ this week: Mbappé row spotlights ‘ethics bonuses’

A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law

NLJ this week: CPR tweak closes third-party disclosure gap

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

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Human rights

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

Wedlake Bell—Rebecca Christie

Birketts—Álvaro Aznar