THIS ISSUE
Aziz Rahman discusses the need for clarity on a centuries-old offence which remains as ambiguous as it is confusing
It’s 30 years since the last Royal Commission on Criminal Justice, and it will soon be time for another one―the government announced in 2019 that another commission will be established to review the criminal justice process.
Lawyers have called for higher compensation levels after ministers confirmed the whiplash reforms will be implemented on 31 May.
No damages awarded despite fraudulent misrepresentations
Reforms to better protect victims of ‘downblousing’, revenge porn and other intimate image abuse have been proposed by the Law Commission.
Fact-finding hearings in the family courts need to undergo a ‘cultural shift’, a working group set up by the president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, has said.
City law firms have survived COVID-19 and 2020 in good shape, but many regional firms had a more challenging year, according to accountancy firm Crowe’s annual Law Firm Benchmarking survey.
Several celebrities have settled phone-hacking privacy claims against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), publisher of The Mirror and The People.
Trainees should receive a minimum salary of £22,794 in London and £20,217 outside London, the Law Society has recommended.
The Bar Council, Law Society and CILEx leaders marked Justice Week (1-5 March) by calling for ‘a vital health check on our rights, our justice system and ultimately on the rule of law’.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Birketts—trainee cohort
Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025
Keoghs—four appointments
Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Brabners—Ben Lamb
Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner
NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
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