THIS ISSUE
Tesco has won an appeal against an earlier ruling preventing the supermarket chain from using ‘fire and rehire’ tactics
Criminal barristers went on strike for the full five days, as their escalating protest against low rates of pay for defence work entered its fourth week
One year on from the Supreme Court’s landmark ‘Uber’ decision, Charles Pigott examines its effect on employment law, in this week’s NLJ
The Law Commission has proposed reforms to give couples more choice about their wedding ceremonies by focusing regulatory restrictions on the officiant not the location
White former barristers occupy 95% of senior court judiciary roles (High Court and above), while progress has stalled for ethnic minority candidates and solicitors, the Judicial Diversity Forum has revealed in its statistics report for 2022
The Intellectual Property Enterprise Court (IPEC) costs caps should increase, the Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has recommended
Law firms and entrepreneurs have backed the launch of an online platform designed to facilitate group actions
How can drivers be deterred from the dangerous practice of driving while using their mobile phones?
Professor Dominic Regan provides an update on client contributions and warns of a cost management bombshell on the horizon, in this week’s NLJ
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly
Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team
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 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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