header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7789

20 April 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

In their third update on trial technology Michael Fletcher & Helen Pugh discuss the drivers for change

Caroline Bielanska provides a case study demonstrating how lasting powers of attorney apply where an elderly relative loses capacity

Geoffrey Bindman searches for a legal justification for the recent attack by the US, Britain & France on Syria

George Hepburne Scott considers how changes to the judiciary in Poland could affect Britain’s post-Brexit extradition relationship with the EU

Uncertainty remains regarding the impact of Brexit on London’s legal community, as Julian Acratopulo explains

Private prosecutions are taking off as a useful way to protect your brand & products, as Matt Bosworth explains

Patrick Wheeler & Mette Marie Sutton explain how increased data subject access rights could wreak havoc

Ian Smith celebrates an anniversary & is proof that quality never goes out of fashion

Cumulative effect of insurer’s tactic could run to many millions of pounds

Show
10
Results
Results
10
Results

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

NEWS
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
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
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
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
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
back-to-top-scroll