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Dr David Hewitt is a highly respected and prolific writer on mental health, incapacity, and related law.

HLE blogger Charles Foster examines the emotive issue of the withdrawal of artificial nutrition & hydration from patients

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

HLE blogger Simon Hetherington examines the latest controversial decision of the ECtHR in light of plans to reform the court

HLE blogger Felicity Gerry takes a critical look at the investigation surrounding the deaths at Gleison Colliery

James Wilson considers Lord Denning’s most perfectly crafted judgment

For reasons which remain unclear the Ministry of Justice rushed in the Family Procedure Rules 2010 in such a way that back-up practice directions and forms were coming off the legislative press as the rules came into operation.

Following the recent introduction of the Family Procedure Rules (FPR) in April 2011, this book is a timely publication, intended as a guide for the practitioner through the new rules, including helpful tips and highlighting the differences between the new rules and the old.

HLE blogger Timothy Pitt-Payne QC presents his policy paper on employment vetting

Is Howell v Lees-Millais the most cursed case of the century, wonders Dominic Regan

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

NEWS
Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery
The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week
Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege
Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses
James Grice, head of innovation and AI at Lawfront, explores how artificial intelligence is transforming the legal sector
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