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The backbone of employment law? Premium Content
Harry Sheehan on why the Supreme Court’s guidance on the common law test for employment status was much needed
25 October 2024 / Harry Sheehan
NLJ this week: Championship League refs decision goes beyond the pitch

The Supreme Court’s recent football referee decision on the common law test for employment status has ‘wide ramifications’ for employment law, Harry Sheehan, Devereux Chambers, writes in this week’s NLJ

25 October 2024
Swift justice at the Paris Olympics Premium Content
As the Games continue, sports lawyers are poised to deal with any Olympian controversies, writes Ian Blackshaw
09 August 2024 / Professor Dr Ian Blackshaw
NLJ this week: Gold medal standard legal work

The seeming impossibility of triple back-flips and impeccably synchronised dives may impress and inspire, but have you ever tried to breach the legal safeguards surrounding the five Olympics rings? 

09 August 2024
Olympic-standard rights protection Premium Content
Not only the athletes but the lawyers should win a gold medal, writes Athelstane Aamodt
09 August 2024 / Athelstane Aamodt
The Midas touch of Lionel Messi Premium Content
Michael Nash reflects on the contractual situation of football’s shooting star
16 September 2020 / Michael L Nash
NLJ this week: The rise (& rise) of e-sports
E-sports is the next frontier in sports law, an industry worth US$1.5bn in the US and growing, write Hailsham Chambers barrister Theo Barclay & RISQ financial analyst Harry Burley in this week’s NLJ
10 September 2020
The rise (& rise) of e-sports Premium Content
Theo Barclay & Harry Burley report on the next frontier for sports litigation
10 September 2020 / Harry Burley / Theo Barclay
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NLJ Career Profile: Kadie Bennett, Anthony Collins

NLJ Career Profile: Kadie Bennett, Anthony Collins

Kadie Bennett, senior associate at Anthony Collins and chair of the Resolution West Midlands Group, discusses her long-standing passion for family law and calls for unity in the profession

Osborne Clarke—Lara Burch

Osborne Clarke—Lara Burch

Firm appoints new UK senior partner for 2026

Keoghs—Louise Jackson & Katie Everson

Keoghs—Louise Jackson & Katie Everson

Healthcare and sports legal team expands in the north west

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Give your views on disclosure in court
Lawyers and users of the business and property courts are invited to share their views on disclosure, in particular the operation of PD 57AD and the use of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and artificial intelligence (AI)
NLJ this week: Making Big Tech pay for digital addiction
Social media giants should face tortious liability for the psychological harms their platforms inflict, argues Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers in this week’s NLJ
NLJ this week: Leaseholders stuck in limbo
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024—once heralded as a breakthrough—has instead plunged leaseholders into confusion, warns Shabnam Ali-Khan of Russell-Cooke in this week’s NLJ
NLJ this week: When a trial period becomes a ‘reasonable adjustment’
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has now confirmed that offering a disabled employee a trial period in an alternative role can itself be a 'reasonable adjustment' under the Equality Act 2010: in this week's NLJ, Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve analyses the evolving case law
NLJ this week: Ignore covenants at your peril
Caroline Shea KC and Richard Miller of Falcon Chambers examine the growing judicial focus on 'cynical breach' in restrictive covenant cases, in this week's issue of NLJ
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