The US experience warns against thinking that a populist politician could not emerge here and deliberately seek to undermine the rule of law.
Media digest
A Sheffield coroner’s warning that the absence of a hard shoulder on a stretch of smart motorway contributed to the deaths of two men is widely covered, including by the Mail.
Writing in The Times, barrister Alex Bailin QC calls for a statutory public interest defence to be included in the Official Secrets Act.
Fines imposed under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation have increased by almost one half over the past year, according to research by international firm DLA Piper reported in the Financial Times.
In the specialist media, Law.com reports that magic circle firm Linklaters has kicked off the race to replace senior partner Charlie Jacobs, who is due to hand over the reins this autumn.
This is absolutely the case in my firm but it’s not clear where our concerns can be reported. We have all raised concerns internally but they have fallen on deaf ears. We are all set up and able to work from home but are being forced into the office as it apparently improves our billing.
My view is that the absolute vast majority of Covid claims will fail due to causation and the unprecedented nature of what the NHS and its staff faced, but it will still be stressful for those involved and, dare I say it, unfair.
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