Jon Lord

Principal costs lawyer

Jon Lord, council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers (www.associationofcostslawyers.co.uk)

Principal costs lawyer

Jon Lord, council member of the Association of Costs Lawyers (www.associationofcostslawyers.co.uk)

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Jon Lord assesses the government’s latest attempt to address costs in clinical negligence claims

Freezing hourly rates may hinder access to justice, says Jon Lord

Jon Lord considers seven wonders of a modern costs lawyer’s world

What lessons have been learned from the costs management pilots in the Mercantile Courts and Technology and Construction Courts? Jon Lord reports

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Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

HFW—Simon Petch

Global shipping practice expands with experienced ship finance partner hire

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

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NLJ this week: No such thing as a ‘Welsh seat’

Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot

NLJ this week: Jury reform risks justice for efficiency’s sake

The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’

NLJ this week: Crypto fightback offers ‘new frontier for law’

A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes

NLJ this week: Time to revive the duty to report crime?

After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent

NLJ this week: When are experts truly ‘necessary’?

Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25

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Jon Lord

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

HFW—Simon Petch

Freeths—Richard Lockhart