Dr Jon Robins

NLJ columnist

Dr Jon Robins is an NLJ columnist, editor of The Justice Gap (Thejusticegap.com) and a lecturer at Brighton University in the criminology department. Newlawjournal.co.uk

NLJ columnist

Dr Jon Robins is an NLJ columnist, editor of The Justice Gap (Thejusticegap.com) and a lecturer at Brighton University in the criminology department. Newlawjournal.co.uk

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Partly excellent, partly abysmal? Jon Robins reports on the work of the Criminal Cases Review Commission

The legal advice sector has long since suffered from a difficult relationship with local authority support, says Jon Robins

Countdown to zero? Jon Robins reports from a small oasis in what is otherwise a legal advice desert

Decades-old miscarriages of justice scandals have ramifications which echo into the present day, says Jon Robins

Jon Robins finds some flickers of hope in the LASPO review, while Geoffrey Bindman laments a missed opportunity for change

Food for thought: Jon Robins reports on the current state of foodbanks & the impact of universal credit

Jon Robins questions Lord Sumption’s perceptions about the secondary importance of civil legal aid schemes

It’s time to come clean about miscarriages of justice & mistakes denied, says Jon Robins

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NLJ this week: Motor commissions & fiduciary duties

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

NLJ this week: The power of Interpol red notices

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

NLJ this week: Approach with caution post-Mazur

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?

Philip Sales is selected as next Deputy President

Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year

Tax shock ahead for partners?

Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget

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Dr Jon Robins

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