Could a split model improve settlement outcomes in financial remedy cases, ask Rachel Frost-Smith & Lauren Guiler
Mike Somekh on the unintended effects of leasehold reform on resident‑controlled freeholds
Nick Smallwood weighs up the legal reality of social media bans: what would they mean for platforms, parents & regulators?
Nicholas Dobson examines the vindication of two officers who took action against the Police Federatio
English law assumes human arbitrators, but AI decision-makers may have a role to play, writes Daniel Kessler
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Newcastle & North of England Law Society—Lesley Fairclough
Ward Hadaway partner becomes bicentennial president following regional merger
Devonshires—four promotions
Firm promotes four senior associates to partner in annual round
Fieldfisher—John McElroy & Daniel Hayward
Co-heads of dispute resolution practice appointed alongside partner promotions
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
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Reforms designed to rebalance landlord-tenant relations may instead penalise leaseholders themselves. In this week's NLJ, Mike Somekh of The Freehold Collective warns that the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 risks creating an ‘underclass’ of resident-controlled freehold companies
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English law assumes human arbitrators, but AI decision-makers may have a role to play, writes Daniel Kessler
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Firm boosts partnership and costs practice with five senior promotions
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The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
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Firm announces appointment of next chair
