THIS ISSUE
Hull v Sanderson [2008] EWCA Civ 1211, [2008] All ER (D) 39 (Nov)
Employment—Equal pay for equal work—Police shift workers
Meghani v Nessfield Ltd [2008] All ER (D) 10 (Nov)
Democracy and human rights are bedding down well, says Roger Smith
UK plc is bracing itself for a rash of legal disputes, say Chris Warren- Smith & Ian Pegram
Profession
Who should bear the risk of market volatility? Ian Gascoigne reports
Will a new contact regime tame recalcitrant parents? asks Simon Blain
Government proceeding with changes to homicide law despite unease
Profession
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Taylor Rose—nine promotions
Leadership strengthened across core practice areas with nine new partners
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Fieldfisher—Rebecca Maxwell
Real estate team welcomes partner inBirmingham
Ward Hadaway—14 trainee solicitors
Firm strengthens commitment to nurturing future legal talent
NEWS
Government plans for offender ‘restriction zones’ risk creating ‘digital cages’ that blur punishment with surveillance, warns Henrietta Ronson, partner at Corker Binning, in this week's issue of NLJ
Louise Uphill, senior associate at Moore Barlow LLP, dissects the faltering rollout of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 in this week's NLJ
Judgments are ‘worthless without enforcement’, says HHJ Karen Walden-Smith, senior circuit judge and chair of the Civil Justice Council’s enforcement working group. In this week's NLJ, she breaks down the CJC’s April 2025 report, which identified systemic flaws and proposed 39 reforms, from modernising procedures to protecting vulnerable debtors
Writing in NLJ this week, Katherine Harding and Charlotte Finley of Penningtons Manches Cooper examine Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26, the Supreme Court ruling that narrowed what counts as matrimonial property, and its potential impact upon claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975
In this week's NLJ, Dr Jon Robins, editor of The Justice Gap and lecturer at Brighton University, reports on a campaign to posthumously exonerate Christine Keeler. 60 years after her perjury conviction, Keeler’s son Seymour Platt has petitioned the king to exercise the royal prerogative of mercy, arguing she was a victim of violence and moral hypocrisy, not deceit. Supported by Felicity Gerry KC, the dossier brands the conviction 'the ultimate in slut-shaming'
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