THIS ISSUE
Interim relief in whistleblowing claims: James Hockley, Clare Brereton & Polly Rodway weigh commercial embarrassment against the open justice principle
Law in the hotel lobby: David Langwallner examines the dilemmas arising from the relocation of trials to temporary courtrooms
Time to nip & tuck your web presence? Andy Cullwick offers insight into cracking the secrets of the Google rankings
Dean Armstrong QC & Paul Schwartfeger, 36 Commercial, consider how organisations can & should respond to erasure requests on blockchain
Alec Samuels discusses the pressing need for compromise between protesters & the public
Possession notices not so secure; Court rise at the Hilton; Appeal clarification; CPR update goes tender; New committal form; Family catch up on truth
Neil Parpworth explores the narrow options for injunctive relief when facing an unlawful stop & search
In the third instalment of this series, Roger Smith tackles access to justice, the courts & the slow march of digitalisation
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Pillsbury—Lord Garnier KC
Appointment of former Solicitor General bolsters corporate investigations and white collar practice
Hall & Wilcox—Nigel Clark
Firm strengthens international strategy with hire of global relations consultant
Slater Heelis—Sylviane Kokouendo & Shazia Ashraf
Partner and associate join employment practice
NEWS
The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week
Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted
Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke
Writing in NLJ this week, Sophie Ashcroft and Miranda Joseph of Stevens & Bolton dissect the Privy Council’s landmark ruling in Jardine Strategic Ltd v Oasis Investments II Master Fund Ltd (No 2), which abolishes the long-standing 'shareholder rule'
In NLJ this week, Sailesh Mehta and Theo Burges of Red Lion Chambers examine the government’s first-ever 'Afghan leak' super-injunction—used to block reporting of data exposing Afghans who aided UK forces and over 100 British officials. Unlike celebrity privacy cases, this injunction centred on national security. Its use, the authors argue, signals the rise of a vast new body of national security law spanning civil, criminal, and media domains
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