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Time for change Premium Content

The law on suicide is out of kilter with modern society, says Richard Scorer

07 February 2008 / Richard Scorer
The two Vladimirs Premium Content

…and the cloud cuckoo land of legal nit-picking, by Geoffrey Bindman
 

07 February 2008 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
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07 February 2008
Matched Pairs Premium Content

Seamus Burns explores the legality of paired transplants

07 February 2008 / Seamus Burns
Pre-charge detention extension attacked

Measures in the Counter-Terrorism Bill to further extend pre-charge detention in terrorism cases lack safeguards, human rights groups claim.

01 February 2008
A step too far Premium Content

Special immigration status is highly objectionable, costly and unnecessary, says Hina Majid

31 January 2008 / Hina Majid
PRACTICE-FAMILY DIVISION-APPROPRIATE PROCEDURE FOR DNA TESTING

Re F (Children) (DNA Evidence) [2007] EWHC 3235 (Fam), [2008] All ER (D) 171 (Jan)

31 January 2008
The NLJ Column

Roger Smith reflects on a month of legal symbolism and LSC incompetence

31 January 2008 / Roger Smith
EU fundamental rights trump UN Security Council

EU

24 January 2008
A tortured debate Premium Content

Arguments in favour of legalised torture should not go unchallenged, say Philip Rumney and Martin O’Boyle

24 January 2008 / Philip Rumney / Martin O’boyle
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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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