header-logo header-logo

THIS ISSUE
Card image

Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7798

21 June 2018
IN THIS ISSUE

A general sentencing guideline could be introduced to help judges, magistrates, prosecutors and defenders confronted with offences that fall outwith specific guidance

Artificial intelligence (AI) could help resolve the recurring disclosure scandals in criminal cases, Lord Justice Gross has suggested

Alec Samuels shares his reflections on the legal significance of the Jeremy Thorpe case

Blockchain & AI could play role in ensuring access to justice

The life and career of Lady Hale, trailblazing judge and first woman to become a Justice of the Supreme Court and later President of the court, is to be the subject of a children’s book.

Three out of five solicitors at small firms believe the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is acting against their interests on client fees and potentially causing significant risks, according to the 2018 Bellwether Report.

The newly-knighted cross-bench Peer discusses the challenges of A Question of Trust

As a result of the Criminal Finances Act 2017, there are new risks for directors and officers and their insurers. Jonathan Newbold & Marlene Henderson investigate.

Paul Bracewell examines Jallow v Ministry of Defence and the high threshold of the ‘good reason’ test

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