header-logo header-logo

NLJ this week: The insider—judges divided

25 March 2022
Issue: 7972 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Costs , In Court
printer mail-detail
75705
Judgments good, bad, ‘breathtaking’ & divided

Writing in this week’s NLJ, Professor Dominic Regan hails an ‘exquisite’ judgment by Lord Justice Birss, in which the Court of Appeal found in favour of a couple who, after losing their life savings to fraudsters, sued their bank.

Regan, NLJ columnist & City University Law School professor, writes: ‘The clarity with which he set out the underlying law was breathtaking.

‘His judgment would be a splendid instrument to support an application by him to join the Supreme Court.’

However, Regan expresses dismay at a recent multi-pronged Supreme Court decision, and laments an abandoned hearing in the much-anticipated case of Belsner, which relates to solicitors’ fees. 



Issue: 7972 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Costs , In Court
printer mail-details
RELATED ARTICLES

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

NLJ career profile: Liz McGrath KC

A good book, a glass of chilled Albarino, and being creative for pleasure help Liz McGrath balance the rigours of complex bundles and being Head of Chambers

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Burges Salmon—Matthew Hancock-Jones

Firm welcomes director in its financial services financial regulatory team

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Gateley Legal—Sam Meiklejohn

Partner appointment in firm’s equity capital markets team

NEWS

Walkers and runners will take in some of London’s finest views at the 16th annual charity event

Law school partners with charity to give free assistance to litigants in need

Could the Labour government usher in a new era for digital assets, ask Keith Oliver, head of international, and Amalia Neenan FitzGerald, associate, Peters & Peters, in this week’s NLJ

An extra bit is being added to case citations to show the pecking order of the judges concerned. Former district judge Stephen Gold has the details, in his ‘Civil way’ column in this week’s NLJ

The Labour government’s position on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) is not yet clear

back-to-top-scroll