Nicola Laver

EditorSolicitors Journal

PLANNING APPROVAL

Wed Jan 08 2020News

Lawyers have criticised plans to fast track planning approval allowing homeowners to add two floors to houses without full planning permission. The changes will come into effect by September and also remove the requirement for full planning applications to demolish and rebuild unused buildings as homes and for repurposing commercial properties. BDB Pitmans partner Mark Challis said: 'There is a price to be paid in the quality of development that can come forward with limited scrutiny by planning authorities.' 21 July 2020

Ethics Institute launches taskforce to examine legal services to oligarchs and kleptocrats

Mon Sep 25 2023

Legal Departments See Higher Matter Volumes but Flat or Declining Budgets: Thomson Reuters 2023 Legal Department Operations Index

Mon Sep 25 2023

More Than 200 Employers Named And Shamed For Failing To Pay National Minimum Wage

Mon Sep 25 2023

Browne Jacobson collaborates with LGiU on report highlighting “critical” role of local government to hit net zero

Fri Sep 22 2023

BSB publishes new guidance on barristers’ conduct in non-professional life and on social media

Fri Sep 22 2023

The Chancery Lane Project expands to the USA

Thu Sep 21 2023

Delay in Final Report of the Infected Blood Inquiry

Thu Sep 21 2023

Attorney General presents UK intervention in Ukraine case against Russia at International Court of Justice

Thu Sep 21 2023

Firms losing potential clients by failing to return their calls, research shows

Thu Sep 21 2023

FeaturedChanging tactics in litigation – crystal ball gazing

FeatureTue Sep 26 2023

Changing tactics in litigation – crystal ball gazing

Diane Parker discusses the potential consequences of the forthcoming intermediate track for civil claims.

UN and coalition of NGOs write to Unilever to voice deep concern regarding victims of violence at Unilever tea plantation

NewsTue Sep 26 2023

UN and coalition of NGOs write to Unilever to voice deep concern regarding victims of violence at Unilever tea plantation

The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights, and five United Nations Special Rapporteurs have written to Unilever Plc, expressing their deep concern about the lack of access to justice and an effective remedy provided by Unilever to a group of (former) Unilever workers who were brutally assaulted on a Unilever tea plantation.

Live Facial Recognition: How to Stay Within the Law

NewsTue Sep 26 2023

Live Facial Recognition: How to Stay Within the Law

With the retail sector currently under scrutiny about its use of live facial recognition technology it is crucial that businesses understand how the equipment can be used lawfully.

B Corps: the future for law firms?

OpinionTue Sep 26 2023

B Corps: the future for law firms?

Dana Denis-Smith explains why she decided to pursue a B Corp certification for her firm.

SJ Interview: Hannah Ambrose

SJ InterviewMon Sep 25 2023

SJ Interview: Hannah Ambrose

Hannah Ambrose is an international arbitration partner at Herbert Smith Freehills. She talks to Solicitors Journal about her practice and the Law Commission's recent proposals to update the Arbitration Act 1996.

Whose human rights are more important, yours or mine?

ForewordFri Sep 08 2023

Whose human rights are more important, yours or mine?

Under the law, should your right to express your opinion – be it on politics, the environment, abortion, or anything else – trump my right to go about my business unhindered, whether or not I happen to agree with your opinion?