THIS ISSUE
Double whammy in Family; Time to forfeit; Cannibalism at GRO; Probate Overridden; Low-value highs
Simon Farrell QC & Joe Edwards discuss fraud & corporate wrongdoing in the wake of a predicted economic crisis
David Emmerson reports on parental alienation & narcissism in relationship breakdown
An emergency measure has been introduced for the witnessing of wills, but Nicholas Bevan believes there’s been a missed opportunity
Legislation to introduce a geographical indications (GI) scheme for food and drink once the transition period ends on 1 January 2021, has been laid in Parliament
There could be 500,000 outstanding employment tribunal claims by spring, Citizens Advice has warned
Lawyers have until 16 November 2020 to submit their views on what issues the government should focus on when it forms the Constitution, Democracy and Rights Commission
The volume of outstanding cases rocketed from 109,000 to more than 170,000 in the three months to the end of June 2020, during the pandemic, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) statistics have revealed
Training judges to actively promote mediation and appointing a dedicated minister for commercial disputes are among proposals to boost the UK’s alternative dispute resolution (ADR) industry
The Law Society has said it does not believe there is a need for fundamental reform of judicial review, in its response to Lord Faulks’s independent review of administrative law (bit.ly/2HGUemT).
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Arc Pensions Law—Richard Meers
Pensions litigation team announces senior associate hire
Burges Salmon—Neil Demuth
Firm appoints new chief financial officer
Anthony Collins—Sue Bearman
Social purpose firm announces director hire plus eight promotions
NEWS
AlphaBiolabs has made a £500 donation to Sean’s Place, a men’s mental health charity based in Sefton, as part of its ongoing Giving Back initiative
Human rights lawyers, social justice champion, co-founder of the law firm Bindmans, and NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC has died at the age of 92 years
RFC Seraing v FIFA, in which the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) reaffirmed that awards by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) may be reviewed by EU courts on public-policy grounds, is under examination in this week's NLJ by Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law, Zurich
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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