David Hewitt
Lawyer & writer
David Hewitt is a lawyer and a writer. David can be found on Twitter at @historycalled.
Lawyer & writer
David Hewitt is a lawyer and a writer. David can be found on Twitter at @historycalled.
Since last April many hospitals and care homes have had the power to deprive people of their liberty.
Will new government safeguards close the Bournewood gap? David Hewitt expresses some doubts
Rumours of the death of the “treatability test” have been greatly exaggerated, says David Hewitt
Even the least contentious aspect of the Mental Health Bill has one or two secrets of its own. David Hewitt explains why
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gilson Gray—Linda Pope
Partner joins family law team inLondon
Jackson Lees Group—five promotions
Private client division announces five new partners
Taylor Wessing—Max Millington
Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London
NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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