THIS ISSUE
Employment lawyer Juliet Carp considers the possibility that some pandemic-related ‘guidance’ may later prove to be wrong
For legal aid practitioners, ‘the pandemic has made a bad situation worse’, writes Rohini Teather, head of parliamentary affairs at the Legal Aid Practitioners Group, in this week’s NLJ.
A ‘plethora of rather confusing “guidance” has emerged’ in response to COVID-19, but what is its legal status?
Contempt of court applications have been overhauled by the new CPR Pt 81.
Law firms are having to make quick decisions to get cloud-based software in place now that everyone’s working remotely
Richard Crook explains why lawyers need to become multi-hyphenates in the COVID world
Now more than ever before, it is crucial that UK litigators find new ways to hold Big Pharma to account, argues Sarah Moore
Jon Robins , speaking to actor Ricky Tomlinson, investigates and provides an update on the case of the Shrewsbury 24
Charles Kimmins QC & Andrew Dinsmore provide an overview of the changes to the contempt of court procedure ushered in by the new CPR Pt 81
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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