What is the Hague Judgments Convention, & what does it mean for the UK? Janna Purdie provides the answers
Janna Purdie provides a handy guide to cross-border service & jurisdiction clauses
Janna Purdie provides an overview of the forthcoming CPR changes
A round-up of some of the court decisions to date
Janna Purdie emphasises the increasing importance of keeping skeleton arguments in check
Janna Purdie reviews a novel approach to litigation funding
Janna Purdie provides an update on notice clauses & supporting evidence
Ruth Pratt & Janna Purdie provide an update on the recent changes to the civil procedure rules
MOVERS & SHAKERS
WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea
Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires
Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew
Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires
Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth
Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions
NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
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