Are chief constables vicariously liable for the actions of their officers & staff? Neil Parpworth examines the case law
Neil Parpworth crunches the 2024–25 numbers on police use of stop & search powers
Neil Parpworth considers when the court may consider it appropriate to limit the application of the principle of open justice
Neil Parpworth considers whether electing a new party leader is a public law function for the purposes of the Human Rights Act 1998?
Neil Parpworth analyses Green v UK, in which the European Court of Human Rights upheld parliamentarians’ protection
A waste of time or due process? Neil Parpworth reports on the Lords debating the Lords
Neil Parpworth shares his reaction to the Charter for Londoners
Neil Parpworth dissects the proposed new public order offences contained within the Crime & Policing Bill
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Freeths—Ruth Clare
National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester
Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon
Partner appointed head of family team
mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison
Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return
NEWS
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
The next generation is inheriting more than assets—it is inheriting complexity. Writing in NLJ this week, experts from Penningtons Manches Cooper chart how global mobility, blended families and evolving values are reshaping private wealth advice
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