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Where coercion meets care: Keith Wilding discusses the benefits of tribunal hearings in the mental health context

Keith Wilding believes there is much to recommend an expansion of the tribunal adjudication system

Naomi O’Higgins explains the role & responsibilities of deputies under the Mental Capacity Act 2005

Birmingham City Council v D and another [2016] EWCOP 8, [2016] All ER (D) 05 (Feb)

Re NRA and others [2015] EWCOP 59, [2015] All ER (D) 122 (Sep)

Phillipa Bruce-Kerr explains how deprivation of liberty cases overlap with the private client arena

Tim Spencer-Lane reports on a ground-breaking Mental Health Bill

Tim Spencer-Lane provides an overview of the Law Commission’s review of the deprivation of liberty safeguards

Liberate social policy from the influence of human rights, says Jon Holbrook

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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

Wedlake Bell—Rebecca Christie

Wedlake Bell—Rebecca Christie

Firm welcomes partner with specialist expertise in family and art law

Birketts—Álvaro Aznar

Birketts—Álvaro Aznar

Dual-qualified partner joins international private client team

NEWS
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
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
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
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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