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Fiona McAnena & Anya Palmer on why the inclusion policies of some sports bodies & their member clubs are not based on good law

We need robust new legislation to tackle the online advertising of prostitution, writes Lesley Manley

What emerged from the hearings of the Thirlwall Inquiry & what are its likely final recommendations? Richard Scorer reports on the troubling picture it painted

Unworkable & unethical? David Locke unpicks the flawed drafting of the End of Life Bill

The amended Bill disapplies the coroner’s statutory duty to investigate, so assisted deaths would receive less judicial oversight than other unnatural deaths, writes HH Thomas Teague KC

Can you call it? Dominic Regan plays damages bingo & enjoys a sunny day in court

Professor Graham Zellick KC, the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s second chairman, argues that the Law Commission’s proposal is wrong

Now is the time to take a proactive approach to barristers’ wellbeing, rather than waiting for things to go wrong: Barbara Mills KC sets out the case for better support

Sir Mark Hedley on what needs to be considered as a result of this amendment to the assisted dying Bill

Can the Law Commission’s consultation finally deliver radical reforms 30 years in the making? Martin Rackstraw weighs up the issues at hand

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Boies Schiller Flexner—Tim Smyth

Firm promotes London international arbitration specialist to partnership

Katten Muchin Rosenman—James Davison & Victoria Procter

Firm bolsters restructuring practice with senior London hires

HFW—Guy Marrison

Global aviation disputes practice boosted by London partner hire

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NLJ this week: The insider returns

Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome

NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt

After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights

NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers

The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains

NLJ this week: Looking back on the prorogation that never was

Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously

NLJ this week: How not to plead a schedule of loss

A construction defect claim in the Court of Appeal offers a sharp lesson in pleading discipline. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains how a catastrophically drafted schedule of loss derailed otherwise viable claims. Across the areas explored in this week's column, the message is consistent: clarity, economy and proper pleading matter more than ever

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Opinion

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Boies Schiller Flexner—Tim Smyth

Katten Muchin Rosenman—James Davison & Victoria Procter

HFW—Guy Marrison