THIS ISSUE
Cyprus is ideally situated for companies seeking an EU base post-Brexit, writes Nicolas Kyriakides
How can your firm help clients navigate change in unforeseen circumstances? Dominic Ayres provides some insight
David Renton on the growing trend of using criminal courts to obtain orders against tenants accused of anti-social behaviour
Legal professionals at the top 100 law firms have generated ‘an explosion’ in content marketing such as blogs, articles and thought leadership pieces during lockdown, researchers have found.
High growth firms have reaped the benefits of making clever use of data, according to the global 2021 InterAction Marketing & Business Development Survey.
Intimidated as well as vulnerable witnesses should be allowed to pre-record their evidence in chief and cross examination, a review by Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird QC has recommended.
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill ‘limits fundamental civic rights’, the Bar Council has warned in its briefing to MPs.
The UK’s mass surveillance regime breaches the right to privacy and freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights has held, in a landmark ruling.
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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