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02 August 2007
Issue: 7284 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Profession
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What future for justice?

In brief

NLJ’s unflinching commentary on the state of the legal system is attracting attention from legal commentators (see NLJ, 27 July 2007). Writing in The Times Online last Friday, Michael Herman refers to “legal giants” pouring scorn on Labour’s record, adding that “leading legal figures including Michael Mansfield QC, attack the Government over a series of issues including the independence of the judiciary, intervention in the legal system and failure to uphold the rule of law”. In today’s issue Professor Michael Zander QC reports on the government’s mismanagement of the Ministry of Justice (see this issue
pp 1100–01).

Issue: 7284 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DAC Beachcroft—Clare Dewar

DAC Beachcroft—Clare Dewar

DAC Beachcroft strengthens Scottish real estate capabilitywith partner appointment

Womble Bond Dickinson—Brendan Ryan

Womble Bond Dickinson—Brendan Ryan

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Brendan Ryan as partner in Public Law Projects team

Parklane Plowden Chambers—five appointments

Parklane Plowden Chambers—five appointments

Parklane Plowden Chambers welcomes five new barristers

NEWS
Pro bono is celebrating a silver anniversary, with initiatives putting businesses and students at the heart of access to justice
Choosing the wrong expert can cost a clinical negligence claimant more than their case
Judges risk weakening their own independence by staying silent over government reforms, a leading public lawyer argues
A discount on damages does not automatically mean an equivalent haircut for legal costs in military deafness claims
Police powers targeting concealed identities at protests come with procedural conditions that could determine whether prosecutions succeed
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