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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 this week: Big tech for small firms
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
NLJ this week: SLAPPed shut?
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
NLJ this week: Justice delayed, justice denied
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
NLJ this week: Days numbered for upwards-only rent reviews
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
NLJ this week: The road ahead for employment rights
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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