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Issue: Vol 174, Issue 8074

07 June 2024
IN THIS ISSUE

The word ‘neurotechnology’ conjures images of dystopian sci-fi landscapes, but this is an emerging area of law and you’re reading NLJ, not watching the latest Christopher Nolan screening

Fraud, money-laundering and other financial crimes are difficult to prosecute, and the enforcement agencies such as the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) have had a patchy record of success to date, but is that about to change?

More legal duties are set to be imposed on financial institutions in 2024. In this week’s NLJ, Michael Brown, partner, and Harriet Campbell, senior knowledge lawyer, Penningtons Manches Cooper, provide an overview of the new duties, including the Consumer Duty and the reimbursement rules, and consider the future of financial disputes

The Bar Council has called for a ‘whole system review’ of criminal justice through a Royal Commission, in written evidence to the Public Accounts Committee’s inquiry into the backlog in the criminal courts

Controversial ‘enhanced’ searches at Stratford Magistrates’ Court have been dropped, following complaints about heavy-handed security

This year’s London International Disputes Week (LIDW) was bigger than ever with predictions on the future of disputes funding and trends in global enforcement of judgments among the topics up for discussion

Insurers have lost a claim for priority over uninsured losses where money has been recovered, in a shipping case

More than a quarter of parties in some areas of England and Wales are unrepresented in public family law cases, which determine whether a child should be removed into local authority care

Research commissioned by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has identified multiple factors explaining why candidates from certain ethnic groups perform better than others in professional legal assessments

Support Through Court, a charity that provides practical and emotional support to unrepresented civil and family court users, has launched a free online video explaining the key things to know about going to court
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

mfg Solicitors—Brian Hession

mfg Solicitors—Brian Hession

Birmingham commercial property team bolstered by partner hire

STEP—Sara Morgan

STEP—Sara Morgan

Fieldfisher director re-elected as deputy chair of England Wales committee

Osborne Clarke—Andrew Eaton

Osborne Clarke—Andrew Eaton

Restructuring and insolvency expert joins as partner

NEWS
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors examine recent international relocation cases where allegations of domestic abuse shaped outcomes
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
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