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What is the meaning of ‘philosophical belief’ for the purposes of employment law?
Hodge, Jones & Allen (HJA) housing solicitor Bahareh Amani has been appointed as the firm’s diversity champion
There has been a significant increase in the use of stop and search in the past year, Neil Parpworth of Leicester De Montfort Law School writes in this week’s NLJ
NLJ columnist DDJ Stephen Gold turns detective this week to uncover the going rates for silks, ex-judges and solicitors in the flourishing market of family law arbitration
John Bowers reflects on Grainger plc v Nicholson—a case believed to be important about how to qualify ‘belief’
Mark Solon reports on the first university certified training course for experts giving evidence in Scottish courts
Rakesh Kapila explains why profit & cash flow forecasts are important in litigation assignments on which forensic accountants are involved
Neil Parpworth reports on the latest stop and search figures and calls for an intelligence led approach
Michael Zander believes that the Government will be forced to climb down on the Internal Market 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
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
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
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