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Taking the recent heatwave in his stride, Ian Smith (not pictured) introduces the Magnificent Six

Lawyers have called for mandatory gender pay gap reporting to be extended to cover race and disability when the government brings forward its Equality (Race and Disability) Bill

The logical fallacies & practical problems which arise from the Supreme Court’s ruling on sex show that a kinder & more nuanced approach is needed, argues Dr Nathan Tamblyn

Lawyers continue to grapple with the Supreme Court’s recent judgment on gender and sex definitions. In this week’s NLJ, Dr Nathan Tamblyn, senior fellow in law reform at the University of Lincoln, dives into the confusion and conundrums that arise when attempting to apply the For Women Scotland judgment to real-life situations

When advanced neurotechnology is used to monitor employees, what legal issues arise? In this week’s NLJ, Harry Lambert, Outer Temple Chambers, and Josh Neaman, Devereux Chambers, examine workplace rights at a new frontier, in the 8th part of a special NLJ series

Are we approaching a new frontier for employee monitoring? Harry Lambert & Josh Neaman examine how developments in neurotechnology might impact upon legal rights in the workplace

The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has abandoned its proposal to introduce a duty ‘to act in a way that advances equality, diversity and inclusion’ (EDI)

Nicholas Dobson follows up on Higgs v Farmor’s School, examining the Court of Appeal judgment on a gross misconduct dismissal

Employment lawyer Ian Smith covers five important cases from the past month in his employment law brief, in this week’s NLJ

The Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers has sparked heated debate and a lot of confusion about what it means exactly in practice. In this week’s NLJ, Nicholas Dobson takes an in-depth look at some of the legal arguments behind the judgment.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

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Online safety against serious harm

Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn

Law reform ahead

Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission

Bullying & harassment at the Bar

The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found

The Sentencing Bill: Crime & punishment revisited

Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release

Changing faces

David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle

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Discrimination

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr