THIS ISSUE
Charles Pigott explores retained EU law through recent findings from the employment coalface
Global rhetoric has commandeered the hijab for political power plays: the choice of what to wear should be for each woman to decide for herself, say Shabina Begum & Marisa Razeek
Look out this weekend and next week for legal teams belly dancing, salsa-ing, bachata-ing and reggaeton-ing, baking ten cakes, singing ten songs, swimming 100 lengths of a swimming pool, crossing ten bridges, walking, running, crafting or completing 100 minutes of yoga
The majority of LGBT+ lawyers feel able to be themselves in the workplace, either always (53%) or sometimes (41%), according to Law Society research due to be released in July
Eight paid internships at the Supreme Court are up for grabs in the first initiative of its kind
Underfunding of youth court work is damaging the interests of defendants, victims and witnesses, barristers have warned
Rangers Football Club has lost the latest leg of its legal action over branded merchandise and replica kits
MoJ easing emergency measures this month
DIY claims in new digital portal to tackle ‘whiplash culture’
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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