THIS ISSUE
Costs rates up; forget the merits; specials interest down; parking ticket escape; tale of 94 dodgy divorces; reporters rule, OK!
Justice reigns supreme: Brice Dickson rounds up the work of the Supreme Court justices in 2024
With developments in GenAI rapidly gaining pace, how might it shape litigation in the coming years? Ariane Tadayyon of Opus 2 explains how lawyers can best harness its potential
Candid camera? Henry Venables highlights the increasing sophistication of spyware in family cases
Magistrates have asked for more flexibility and creativity when sentencing convicted criminals, and urged the government not to abolish custodial terms of less than six months.
A fair trial could not be guaranteed after leading counsel for the defendant fell ill, the Commercial Court has held.
The government has dropped its plans to digitise historic wills and destroy the original paper copies, following ‘strong opposition’ from the public.
Lawyers have until 31 January to respond to Sir Brian Leveson’s independent review of the criminal courts.
The Law Society has given a warm welcome to the government’s ‘AI opportunities action plan’, published this week.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Muckle LLP—Stacey Brown
Corporate governance and company law specialist joins the team
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Excello Law—Heather Horsewood & Darren Barwick
North west team expands with senior private client and property hires
Ward Hadaway—Paul Wigham
Firm boosts corporate team in Newcastle to support high-growth technology businesses
NEWS
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Law firm HFW is offering clients lawyers on call for dawn raids, sanctions issues and other regulatory emergencies
From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act
Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection
Assisted dying remains one of the most fraught fault lines in English law, where compassion and criminal liability sit uncomfortably close. Writing in NLJ this week, Julie Gowland and Barny Croft of Birketts examine how acts motivated by care—booking travel, completing paperwork, or offering emotional support—can still fall within the wide reach of the Suicide Act 1961
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