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Issue: Vol 174, Issue 8091

25 October 2024
IN THIS ISSUE
What can be expected from the Draft Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill? Shabnam Ali-Khan sets out the knowns & unknowns
Lizzie Hardy reports on a part-time training initiative shaping full-time inclusion

Understanding of neurodiversity has increased in recent years. In this week’s NLJ, Melissa Mitchell, solicitor, The Family Law Company, explores some of the conditions & challenges, as well as their impact on family proceedings 

Launched in 2021, Project Rise is now in full swing at several firms and in-house departments, offering talented aspiring solicitors the opportunity to train part-time

Dr Chris Pamplin looks at a shocking case in which experts failed to spot the claimant’s exaggerations

A judicial review regarding a waste disposal site can go ahead despite the fact the claimant could bring a nuisance claim instead, the Supreme Court has held

Jurors in 14 Crown Courts can now self-refer themselves for six free counselling sessions with specially trained counsellors, as well as access a 24/7 helpline for support

Stonehenge campaigners have lost their legal challenge against a road tunnel on the A303 near the ancient site—however, the plans have already been scrapped

The government is introducing tougher consumer protections on ‘buy-now, pay-later’ offers, amid concerns about the way such products are promoted

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

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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