THIS ISSUE
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Dominic Regan toasts the year with the best bottles & seasonal stocking-stuffers this Christmas
Karishma Paroha outlines FOIL’s response to the Law Commissions’ joint consultation on automated vehicles
Veronica Cowan explains why the failure to engage with cyber attack prevention is an unnecessary gamble
As part of an occasional series on views from across Europe on the UK’s possible exit from the EU, Dr Stephan Ebner reports in from Germany
I’m a celebrity, but don’t get my private information out of here! Jeremy Clarke-Williams & Nilly Tabatabai report (Pt 1)
The ‘Autumn Uprising’: a public assembly or assemblies? Neil Parpworth investigates
Keith Wilding explains the difference Law Centres make to individual lives
Vanessa Friend provides a practical approach to international child relocation cases
In the run-up to next week’s election, Jon Robins focuses on the parlous state of our justice system
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Hugh James—Phil Edwards
Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire
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Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe
Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire
DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr
Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London
NEWS
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
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
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
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
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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