An online Twitter campaign has thwarted an attempt to gag the media from reporting an MP’s question.
Proposed draft regulations seeking to outlaw the blacklisting of trade unionists are “flawed”, the Employment Lawyers Association’s (ELA) has said.
Gary McKinnon, the Asperger’s sufferer who faces extradition to the US for hacking into Pentagon military networks, has been refused permission to apply for judicial review against the director of public prosecutions.
The High Court has granted a third party costs order against the parents of a man who brought a negligence claim for nearly £1m against his former school for failing to prevent him being bullied.
On the very day that the spanking new Supreme Court opened for business, legal tradition reasserted itself. Over the flagstones that had witnessed the trial of Charles I in Westminster Hall walked the elite of the legal world as they made their way to lunch after the traditional service for the opening of the legal year.
Recent cases have raised questions about the safety of chip and pin cards from fraudulent attack, for example by cloning. Typically, in such cases, the claimant is an individual whose account has been debited as a result of one or more allegedly unauthorised card transactions; the defendant is a bank or building society.
Ian Pease identifies the cracks in Chartbrook
Pereda is causing major concerns for employers, says Ben Collins
Emily Campbell highlights potential pitfalls in processing inheritance claims
Michael Tringham provides an update on family intrigue, delusion & greed
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires
Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on
Ellisons—Sarah Osborne
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ
