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NLJ this week: Better ways to tackle stalking? Lessons from Baby Reindeer

25 October 2024
Issue: 8091 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal , Mental health
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Stalking is a frightening and unpredictable crime that can be difficult to prosecute—as illustrated in the Netflix series Baby Reindeer

In this week’s NLJ, Claudia-Lauren Williams, of Red Lion Chambers, outlines the various stalking offences, covers investigative difficulties, evidential hurdles and stalking protection orders, and suggests ways to better understand and address the issue.

Williams looks at the link between stalking offences and mental health, noting: ‘The prevalence of mental health disorder among defendants in the criminal courts is well understood by those working in the courts and supported by research.’ She calls for more research into potential treatments, highlights the different types of stalker identified by research and questions whether recourse to the criminal justice system is always the best route for offender and victim.

Issue: 8091 / Categories: Legal News , Criminal , Mental health
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NEWS
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
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