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Kerry Underwood

Chairman

Kerry Underwood, chairman, Underwood Solicitors (www.underwoods-solicitors.co.uk; @kerry_underwood

Chairman

Kerry Underwood, chairman, Underwood Solicitors (www.underwoods-solicitors.co.uk; @kerry_underwood

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

Kerry Underwood recommends some summer reading & top tips for the new Lord Chancellor

A play by Kerry Underwood

Costs orders: who pays & when, asks Kerry Underwood

    Kerry Underwood examines qualified one-way costs shifting

    Kerry Underwood assesses guideline hourly rates

    Kerry Underwood discusses proportionality in costs

    Kerry Underwood concludes his 60th birthday tour with a master class on small claims, portals & Pt 36

    Why is everyone ignoring the obvious when it comes to ABSs? Kerry Underwood can’t hide his disbelief

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    MOVERS & SHAKERS

    Harper James—Lottie Hugo

    Harper James—Lottie Hugo

    Commercial law firm announces appointment of corporate partner

    Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

    Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond

    Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands

    Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

    Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell

    Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert

    NEWS
    Freezing orders in divorce proceedings can unexpectedly ensnare third parties and disrupt businesses. In NLJ this week, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins explains how these orders—dubbed a ‘nuclear weapon’—preserve assets but can extend far beyond spouses to companies and business partners 
    A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
    Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
    The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
    Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
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