James Driscoll

Solicitor & consultant editor

Professor James Driscoll is a solicitor and the consultant editor to Halsbury’s Laws

Solicitor & consultant editor

Professor James Driscoll is a solicitor and the consultant editor to Halsbury’s Laws

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James Driscoll summarises the key developments in the law relating to residential long leases in the past year

How should rent repayment sanctions be applied where a landlord runs unlicensed houses in multiple occupation? James Driscoll reports

James Driscoll follows the battle to make service charges more accountable

James Driscoll unravels the principles & practicalities of the Localism Act 2011

Hague on Leasehold Enfranchisement, Anthony Radevsky & Damian Greenish

When is it reasonable to make a possession order? asks James Driscoll

James Driscoll explores when it's reasonable to call a building a house

Why has commonhold been so slow to catch on? James Driscoll investigates

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Freeths—Ruth Clare

National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison

Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return

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Are you suited to a career in prosecution?

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors

LSB marks Mazur homework

Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)

NLJ this week: Stuck in the past?

The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness

NLJ this week: No automatic bar on ‘user damages’

A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law

NLJ this week: Next gen wealth planning meets modern family reality

The next generation is inheriting more than assets—it is inheriting complexity. Writing in NLJ this week, experts from Penningtons Manches Cooper chart how global mobility, blended families and evolving values are reshaping private wealth advice

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James Driscoll

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Ruth Clare

Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon

mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison