THIS ISSUE
Assessing the early legacy of Uber v Aslam: Charles Pigott examines the courts’ approach since the landmark judgment
Andrew Pavlovic discusses the SRA’s approach to tackling toxic workplace environments
Sex entertainment venues: Zia Akhtar reports on local authority licensing powers & the ‘nil cap’ policy
Andrea De Biase predicts the UK will ratify the Singapore Convention
Judiciary on the warpath? Dominic Regan provides an update on client contributions & a costs management bombshell on the horizon
Mark Pawlowski takes a close look at The Verdict, a classic film portraying the lawyer hero in popular culture
Marc Thorley investigates appeals on questions of fact
The intervention of the European Court of Human Rights in the government’s Rwanda asylum plan was a rare success, as Neil Parpworth explains
Nick Dent discusses whether the recent amendment of the Road Vehicles Regulations is enough to deter drivers from using their phones
How should a left behind parent proceed when their child is wrongfully retained abroad? Mani Singh Basi reports
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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