THIS ISSUE
Portal grab for defendants; Covid rent arbitration flop; Beware of glass cubes; MIAM rule book.
Placing restrictions on the sharing of draft judgments risks creating a host of problems for legal teams & their clients, as Mary Young & Rebecca Ryan explain
The key to business success: ensuring your paralegal employees have the training they need to really thrive at work, says Amanda Hamilton
‘All characters & events depicted in this film are entirely fictitious… even when they’re not’: Athelstane Aamodt examines some perilous portrayals on the big & small screen
Nearly 3,000 prisoners subject to an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence, an indeterminate sentence introduced in 2005 and abolished in 2012, should be resentenced immediately, the House of Commons’ Justice Committee has urged in a withering report published this week.
The Law Commission has set out proposals to amend the Arbitration Act 1996 by streamlining cases and increasing protection for arbitrators.
Conveyancers brace for heavy workload following stamp duty cut
Lawyers have expressed caution about a Home Office economic crime bill with enhanced powers to search and seize suspected criminal cryptoassets, increase economic transparency and tackle money laundering.
The number of solicitors on the roll has reached an all-time high, and one in four practising certificate (PC) holders work in-house.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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
NEWS
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
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’
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
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
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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