The winners of Advocate’s 2024 Bar Pro Bono Awards, sponsored by LexisNexis, have been announced
The ongoing inquiry into the Post Office Horizon IT scandal continues to shock lawyers and members of the public alike. Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC, senior consultant, Bindmans, devotes his NLJ column this week to the professional behaviour of solicitors
The fundamental principle of lawyers’ and witnesses’ immunity from suit came under scrutiny in the recent case of El Haddad v Al Rostamani and others
A finding of neglect at an inquest can have ‘profound implications’ and ‘invariably carries with it an element of censure’, but what are its boundaries and limits?
The case of Shamima Begum, the former London schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join ISIL at the age of 15, is a troubling one, writes Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and a former member of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, in this week’s NLJ
Employment law brief in this week’s NLJ sees Professor Ian Smith dissect three recent cases that show lacunae in the law
More than 350 displaced Ukrainian lawyers are being assisted to develop their careers in the UK
Criminal lawyers have threatened to boycott Stratford Magistrates’ Court after court security guards pinned a duty solicitor to the floor
The Court of Appeal has clarified the scope of the Murfitt principle, in a case concerning a bungalow, known as the Goose House, built without planning consent
Birmingham commercial property team bolstered by partner hire
Fieldfisher director re-elected as deputy chair of England Wales committee
Restructuring and insolvency expert joins as partner