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Advocating for a community order as an alternative to custody

Janet Carter, Retired barrister/MOJ magistrates training manager, considers a solution to reduce the prison poplulation

Whistleblowing concerns at the heart of the Post Office scandal: what hope of legal reform?

Catherine Hobby and Dr Elaine Yerby explore the key whistleblowing issues emerging from the Post Office Inquiry and, with the dawn of a new government, argue for legal reform and further protections for those seeking to raise public interest concerns

Concerns raised regarding the Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service in family care proceedings

Max Konarek, Partner and Joint Head of the Family & Childcare Department at GT Stewart Solicitors, shares his thoughts on the Suspected Inflicted Head Injury Service and what it might mean for care proceedings

The new government’s promise to cut the prison population

Tim Kiely, a Criminal Barrister at Red Lion Chambers, shares his thoughts on what the new government might mean for criminal justice and, more specifically, the stated aim to reduce the prison population

Spanish insurers may be reeling from the aftershocks of the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal

Katherine Deal KC of 3 Hare Court examines recent judgment of the Court of Appeal in Nicholls & Anr v Mapfre Espana [2024] EWCA Civ 718

Expression of belief on social media and in the workplace – has the tide shifted?

Aleksandra Davidson, Associate at Winckworth Sherwood LLP explores belief in social media

What does the Emile Heskey case mean for costs battles with HMRC?

Francis Kendall, Director, Costs Lawyer and Joint Head of Commercial at Kain Knight explains

The impact of the new government on housing and planning in the first 100 days

With a new Labour government now confirmed, Rebecca Mushing, specialist planning lawyer at Midlands-based Wright Hassall, looks at what this could mean for housing and the wider planning sector