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A conflict of law Premium Content

The sharia law debate rumbles on. Thom Dyke reports

05 February 2009
Whose right is it anyway? Premium Content

The ECtHR further concluded that the retention: “constitutes a disproportionate The ECtHR has struck a blow against the UK’s plans for DNA retention. Adam Jackson reports

05 February 2009
The price of pain Premium Content

Should survivors of torture overseas be able to sue for damages in the UK courts? asks Richard Scorer

05 February 2009
Legislation round-up

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29 January 2009
Victory for care workers

Human rights

29 January 2009
Government obliged to retain e-mails Premium Content

New Directive a "proportionate interference" with the right to privacy

23 January 2009
Discrimination Premium Content

Syed v Wightlink (Guernsey) Ltd [2009] All ER (D) 38 (Jan)

22 January 2009 / Peter Hungerford-welch
Free-born John

Geoffrey Bindman pays tribute to a seditious scribbler and freedom fighter

22 January 2009 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
Human rights—Fair trial—Criminal charge Premium Content

Burns v Her Majesty’s Advocate [2008] UKPC 63, [2009] All ER (D) 47(Jan)

22 January 2009 / All England Law Reporters
Last-ditch attempt to halt extradition

Extradition

22 January 2009
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Investigations and corporate crime expert joins as partner

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Veteran funds specialist joins investment funds team

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Firm enhances competition practice with London partner hire

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NLJ this week: Tightening the screws on JCT terminations
The Supreme Court has delivered a decisive ruling on termination under the JCT Design & Build form. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Singer KC and Jonathan Ward, of Kings Chambers, analyse Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing Association [2026] UKSC 1, which restores the first-instance decision and curbs contractors’ termination rights for repeated late payment
NLJ this week: Old rules, fresh warnings in employment law
Secondments, disciplinary procedures and appeal chaos all feature in a quartet of recent rulings. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, examines how established principles are being tested in modern disputes
NLJ this week: The rise of the ‘ChatGPT client’ rattles the profession
The AI revolution is no longer a distant murmur—it’s at the client’s desk. Writing in NLJ this week, Peter Ambrose, CEO of The Partnership and Legalito, warns that the ‘AI chickens’ have ‘come home to roost’, transforming not just legal practice but the lawyer–client relationship itself
NLJ this week: Surrogacy children caught in succession gap
A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’
NLJ this week: Online safety law at a crossroads
Fresh proposals to criminalise ‘nudification’ apps, prioritise cyberflashing and non-consensual intimate images, and even ban under-16s from social media have reignited debate over whether the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) is fit for purpose. Writing in NLJ this week, Alexander Brown, head of technology, media and telecommunications, and Alexandra Webster, managing associate, Simmons & Simmons, caution against reactive law-making that could undermine the Act’s ‘risk-based and outcomes-focused’ design
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