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Almost a third of adults with a legal issue in the past four years did not have it adequately resolved, research by the Law Society and Legal Services Board (LSB) has found

The Swedish activist pleaded not guilty to a public order offence—and the court agreed. Neil Parpworth explains the ruling

In this week’s NLJ, Neil Parpworth, of Leicester De Montfort Law School, looks at the Greta Thunberg case, and her subsequent acquittal, through the lens of public order legislation

Nicholas Dobson surveys recent case law on the redaction of civil servants’ names
Neil Parpworth reviews the results of an investigation into police use of suspicionless stop & search

The growing practice of censoring government documents—or redaction—is the subject of Nicholas Dobson’s article in this week’s NLJ

Following a super-complaint by the Criminal Justice Alliance, the police are under investigation for their use of s 60 suspicionless stop and search powers

Malcolm Bishop KC looks back on the UK’s role in shaping our European Convention rights
Roger Smith enters the world of local politics
The Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation (SLAPP) Bill has gained cross-party support at its second reading in parliament, the Ministry of Justice has said
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC

Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark

Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf

Partner and associate join employment practice

NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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