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Issue: Vol 174, Issue 8086

20 September 2024
IN THIS ISSUE

This week’s NLJ looks at decisions made by Lucy Letby’s defence team, explains why corroborative information in psychological reports is vital, and shares how to gain best value from forensic experts, in a special expert witness triple-bill

Lucy Letby’s defence team’s decision not to call their experts to the stand highlights the potential benefits & risks of oral testimony, says Mark Solon

There is a lot of activity currently in the arena of equal pay litigation, with six separate group actions being brought against major retailers

The relationship between foster parents and a local authority was held to be akin to employment even though the foster parents and foster child were related, in a recent Court of Appeal case on vicarious liability for abuse suffered

Plenty of tips; Less conduct on divorce; Latest CPR changes; 171st CPR PD update
Rakesh Kapila shares some hot tips on the key areas instructing lawyers should take into account to achieve value for money from forensic accountants

London resident Olumide Osunkoya has been charged with unlawfully running multiple crypto ATMs, in the Financial Conduct Authority’s first criminal prosecution regarding unregistered cryptoasset activity

Apple must pay Ireland about €13bn plus interest after the European Court of Justice ruled a controversial tax arrangement favouring the tech giant between 2003 and 2014 breached EU state aid rules

The electronic travel authorisation (ETA) scheme could create a ‘plethora’ of visa refusal cases on the basis of criminality or previous immigration history, an immigration lawyer has warned

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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
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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