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Lawyers have urged caution on proposals to reform judicial review, following the publication of former Conservative minister Lord Faulks QC’s 195-page report

With judicial review under scrutiny from the Independent Review of Administrative Law (IRAL), Michael Zander examines the responses of the many professional and public bodies, research organisations and practitioners, who overwhelmingly declared there is no case for legislative reform of judicial review.

Michael Zander on the Faulks Review: will it end as a government stitch-up?

The House of Lords Library has updated its briefing examining judicial review

Jessica Learmond-Criqui examines the ongoing legal challenge to the government’s decision making process in relation to the UK’s 5G developing network

Does judicial review strike the right balance between citizen and government, as the Independent Review of Administrative Law seeks to discover?

Michael Zander on what the authors of De Smith have told the Government’s inquiry

The Law Society has said it does not believe there is a need for fundamental reform of judicial review, in its response to Lord Faulks’s independent review of administrative law (bit.ly/2HGUemT).

Legal action has been launched against the government for abandoning planning permission requirements for 5G mobile phone masts, antennae and cell towers

MPs' appearances before the courts are not just reserved for arguments about Brexit, say Ned Beale & Rebecca Lawrence

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Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

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NLJ this week: No such thing as a ‘Welsh seat’

Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot

NLJ this week: Jury reform risks justice for efficiency’s sake

The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’

NLJ this week: Crypto fightback offers ‘new frontier for law’

A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes

NLJ this week: Time to revive the duty to report crime?

After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent

NLJ this week: When are experts truly ‘necessary’?

Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25

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Judicial review

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Freeths—Michelle Kirkland Elias

Flint Bishop—Deborah Niven