David Bailey-Vella
Costs lawyer
David Bailey-Vella is chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers (associationofcostslawyers.co.uk) & legal director at specialist litigation law firm Davis Woolfe (daviswoolfe.com). Newlawjournal.co.uk
Costs lawyer
David Bailey-Vella is chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers (associationofcostslawyers.co.uk) & legal director at specialist litigation law firm Davis Woolfe (daviswoolfe.com). Newlawjournal.co.uk
David Bailey-Vella breaks down the costs budgeting light pilot
As he takes the reins at the Association of Costs Lawyers, new chair David Bailey-Vella reflects on imposter syndrome, breaking down barriers & surprisingly unrelaxing hobbies
Use of these assessments is on the wane, but a good understanding is as important to practitioners as ever, writes David Bailey-Vella
Has the delicate balance put in place by
Lord Justice Jackson toppled over? David
Bailey-Vella reports on the new landscape
for qualified one-way costs shifting
David Bailey-Vella analyses Roman v AXA Insurance
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin
Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire
Gilson Gray—Jeremy Davy
Partner appointed as head of residential conveyancing for England
DR Solicitors—Paul Edels
Specialist firm enhances corporate healthcare practice with partner appointment
NEWS
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School and the Frenkel Topping Group—AKA The insider—crowns Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP as his case of 2025 in his latest column for NLJ. The High Court’s decision—that non-authorised employees cannot conduct litigation, even under supervision—has sent shockwaves through the profession. Regan calls it the year’s defining moment for civil practitioners and reproduces a ‘cut-out-and-keep’ summary of key rulings from Mr Justice Sheldon
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