THIS ISSUE
The High Court has ruled that the Danish tax authority can’t recover £1.4bn in refund claims. Yasseen Gailani & Alexander Martin explain
In their latest update, Ellie Hampson-Jones & Carla Ditz consider three recently reported cases & some important developments in family law
Does dishonesty always result in a strike-off? Clare Hughes-Williams considers some exceptional circumstances
The Crime and Policing Bill could vastly expand corporate criminal liability through its new ‘senior manager test’, warns Tom McNeill of BCL Solicitors in NLJ this week. The sweeping test makes organisations criminally liable for offences committed by senior managers within their authority
As the UK debates assisted dying, John Cooper KC reviews Life After—a nuanced & surprising documentary about ‘reluctant survivor’ Elizabeth Bouvia
As neurotechnology increasingly embeds itself in everyday life, the coroner’s court faces a new frontier—where neural data could illuminate the mysteries of death with scientific precision & profound ethical consequences. Harry Lambert reports
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) ‘is now a public emergency’, Barbara Mills KC, a family silk and chair of the Bar Council, has warned
A judge was ‘plainly right’ to time-bar a personal injury claimant despite the county court delaying posting the claim form until nearly four months after it was sealed ‘for reasons that have never been ascertained’, the Court of Appeal has held
Barristers are happier this year than in 2023, according to the latest wellbeing survey
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Anne-Marie Ottaway, HFW
Anne-Marie Ottaway, partner at HFW, discusses her varied career, including 13 years at the Serious Fraud Office, and making the leap to private practice
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Carey Olsen—Arindam Madhuryya
Corporate and investment funds lawyer promoted to partner in Jersey
Jackson Lees—Jennifer Carr
Private family team announces appointment of senior associate
NEWS
The government’s landmark Employment Rights Act 2025 met its pre-Christmas deadline, ushering in sweeping changes to the law
Barristers and advocates in Scotland, England and Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland have urged the government to drop its proposals for judge-only ‘swift courts’ in cases where the sentence is three years or less
The practice guidance on non-molestation orders has been updated and replaced, and guidance issued on protective injunctions
Criminal silk Kirsty Brimelow KC, of Doughty Street Chambers, has taken over the reins at the Bar Council, succeeding family silk Barbara Mills KC
Lawyers have welcomed the government’s long-awaited announcement of legislation to reverse PACCAR but warned plans for light-touch regulation could cause delays
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