THIS ISSUE
Accessibility & accountability in inquiries must remain paramount despite the demands of COVID measures, argue Helen Stone & Eleanor Cornish
Public inquiries are a crucial element of the UK’s democratic system, Helen Stone and Eleanor Cornish, civil litigation solicitors at Hickman & Rose, write in this week’s NLJ.
Behemoth case SKAT, brought by the Danish tax authorities in hot pursuit of £1.5bn lost in alleged dividend tax fraud, was one of the biggest civil litigation claims to come before the English courts, writes Rosenblatt senior associate Nick Leigh in this week’s NLJ.
Amendments made to the assured tenancies and agricultural occupancies regulations are unlikely to be music to the ears of landlords, writes NLJ columnist Stephen Gold in this week’s ‘Civil way’.
Is there an area of law that frustrates you, a bugbear loophole or sprawling legislative mess in dire need of reform? If so, the Law Commission wants to hear from you.
A senior international judge will deliver this year’s Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) Roebuck Lecture as a free-to-attend, virtual event available to all.
Lawyers brace for judicial review battle after reforms proposed
Denmark has been ordered to pay indemnity costs to more than 90 defendants after losing its claim for recovery of more than £1.5bn lost in an alleged dividend trading fraud.
The Chartered Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX) has warned that its lawyers are abandoning criminal legal aid work because they no longer see it as a sustainable career path.
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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