THIS ISSUE
Is the Equality and Human Rights Commission still fit for purpose? What has happened to equality law? Writing in this week’s NLJ, Geoffrey Bindman QC, senior consultant, Bindmans, investigates the state of the equality enforcer.
Judge goes rogue, employees stay home, planes grounded
Looking for a digital future while dealing with ‘utter mess’ whiplash reforms
The unfortunates? Spats are brewing as the digital golden age beckons, says Dominic Regan
Is the Equality & Human Rights Commission no longer fit for purpose? Geoffrey Bindman examines its death by a thousand cuts
Ian Smith investigates a gap in protection for workers in the ‘gig economy’
English virtual council meetings? Not a remote chance. Nicholas Dobson reports
State your case!; the midnight count; up the workers; new family guidance; no bundle fun in Admin Court; look, no captain.
Masood Ahmed examines the scenario of challenging arbitral awards for inadequate reasons
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Slater Heelis—Chester office
North West presence strengthened with Chester office launch
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Cooke, Young & Keidan—Elizabeth Meade
Firm grows commercial disputes expertise with partner promotion
CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson
Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council
NEWS
The House of Lords has set up a select committee to examine assisted dying, which will delay the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
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