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06 September 2024
Issue: 8084 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Litigation funding , In Court
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NLJ this week: Stellar careers & predictions on costs budgeting

Bookies’ favourite? Professor Dominic Regan, aka ‘The insider’ tips a judge as a likely candidate for the top job of Chief Justice at a later date. Read this week’s column in NLJ to find out who

Regan, of City Law School, also laments the lost legislative opportunity to reverse the PACCAR decision on litigation funding, noting: ‘Disputes worth billions are currently in no man’s land.’ However, he expresses confidence in the Court of Appeal’s handling of the issue.

The Insider also covers the latest ‘noises’ on costs budgeting, and is impressed by the ‘exactitude’ of a judge’s order, recently featured in a High Court case. Regan writes: ‘Such clarity is a joy to perceive.’

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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