THIS ISSUE
How do you boil a complex legal case down to a mathematical percentage? It’s not an easy process, as Philip Young, partner, Cooke Young & Keidan, explains in this week’s NLJ
Kennedys’ virtual work experience programme has had 10,000 enrolments in just over one year
Love a quiz? Most people do, which is what makes the annual Great Legal Quiz such a hit
Lawyers are urged to polish up their entries for ‘The Probies’, ahead of the 26 November deadline
Leasehold practitioners have reported low interest in commonhold since the government proposed reforms in January
Lawyers have stepped up their action on climate change, as global attention focuses on COP26
Family lawyers have expressed concerns over ‘revolutionary’ proposals by the president of the Family Division for greater transparency
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR) launched its latest digital upgrade, ICLR.4, this week
Bar Council Chair Derek Sweeting QC hailed the £2.2bn extra for the courts, prison and probation services in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget last week ‘a step in the right direction’, but warned there would still be a shortfall of funding
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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