THIS ISSUE
Delays to cases at the beleaguered Serious Fraud Office (SFO) often occur due to staffing and resourcing issues, inspectors have found.
Legal advice privilege continues until and unless it is waived by the client or removed by statute, the Court of Appeal has held in a landmark case.
The Human Rights Act, which enacts the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law, may come under attack again in the current ‘isolationist’ climate, Geoffrey Bindman QC has warned.
Solicitors have until the end of this week to comply with financial sanctions rules on frozen assets.
The EU Settlement Scheme, the process by which EU citizens and family members apply to stay in the UK after Brexit, has received two million applications, the Home Office has confirmed.
Nearly one in six of nearly 189,000 solicitors on the Roll comes from a BAME (Black, Asian and minority ethnic) background, Law Society figures show.
A bicycle courier and two cleaners, all on low pay, and the Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) filed proceedings for a judicial review in the High Court last week to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to abide by the Benn Act and ask for an Art 50 extension.
Claims in the employment tribunals have increased, but is justice being delivered? Shantha David reports
He is charged with carrying a knife: Alec Samuels examines the related possibilities & outcomes
Michael L Nash examines the delicate balancing act between the three pillars of power in times of crisis
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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DWF—19 appointments
Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments
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Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga
Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire
Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan
Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds
NEWS
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
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
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
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
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
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