THIS ISSUE
Judges have had to work in ‘an increasingly challenging landscape’ in the past year, facing ‘inaccurate and unfair criticism, sometimes personal, with associated security threats’, the Lady Chief Justice has said
LawCare, the wellbeing and mental health charity for legal professionals, is looking for four new trustees for its board
A suite of three art works by Turner Prize winner Helen Cammock has been unveiled at Chancery Lane to mark the 200th anniversary of the Law Society
The UK’s highest civil court will sit for a week in Glasgow from 18-21 May next year
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Winckworth Sherwood—Arcangelo D’Apolito
Private wealth and tax offering boosted by dual qualified partner hire
Sackers—John Card
Pensions firm announces hire in project management team
Myers & Co—Kerry Boyle
Staffordshire firm appoints head of commercial property
NEWS
NOTICE UNDER THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
HERBERT SMITH STAFF PENSION SCHEME (THE “SCHEME”)
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND BENEFICIARIES UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE TRUSTEE ACT 1925
Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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