THIS ISSUE
Even when law firms spent millions on security software, they still got hacked, Alexander Sverdlov, cybersecurity specialist and founder of Atlant Security, writes in this week’s NLJ
Bar Council chair Amanda Pinto QC reflects on an unpredictable year, in this week’s NLJ
What are the latest trends in cyber insurance post COVID-19, and has 2020 been the worst year to date for cyber security?
The Singapore Convention on Mediation has been widely hailed but there may be cloud behind the silver lining, law professors write in this week’s NLJ
The US election transfixed the world…and it’s still not over. The Trump years continue until 20 January 2021, when Joe Biden will be sworn in as President
Lessons can be learned from a recent Supreme Court judgment on restrictive covenants, according to Andrew Francis, barrister, Serle Court
Whose liability is it when a workplace prank goes badly wrong? Charles Pigott investigates
Can President Trump lawfully pardon himself? Michael Zander on a very live question
Amanda Pinto QC, Chair of the Bar Council, reflects on the challenges thrust upon the justice system by the pandemic & some unexpected body blows to the profession
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva
Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice
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Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson
London labour and employment team announces partner hire
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
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