Debarment: shortcut to judgment or simply a trial management tool? Mary Young reports
The Supreme Court’s judgment in the motor finance cases sheds light on the law on fiduciary duties, writes Mary Young
Beloved by asset recovery specialists, bemoaned by defendant lawyers: Mary Young pays tribute to the Mareva injunction
The new model search & imaging order lacks the clarity needed for the digital age, argues Mary Young
How much reliance can be placed on a witness’s memory? Mary Young & Laurence Clarke consider the challenges of determining truth & credibility in evidence
Even after five decades of freezing injunctions, the courts are still regularly asked to clarify the law: Mary Young & Charlotte Dormon round up this year’s causes of confusion
Mary Young sets out a lawyer’s wish list for the new prime minister & the Labour government
A cautionary tale from Mary Young, showing that anyone can be duped—including lawyers
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney
Set creates new client and business development role amid growth
Winckworth Sherwood—Charlie Hancock
Private wealth and tax offering bolstered by partner hire
Browne Jacobson—Matthew Kemp
Firm grows real estate team with tenth partner hire this financial year
NEWS
The rank of King’s Counsel (KC) has been awarded to 96 barristers, and no solicitors, in the latest silk round
Early determination is no longer a novelty in arbitration. In NLJ this week, Gustavo Moser, arbitration specialist lawyer at Lexis+, charts the global embrace of summary disposal powers, now embedded in the Arbitration Act 1996 and mirrored worldwide. Tribunals may swiftly dismiss claims with ‘no real prospect of succeeding’, but only if fairness is preserved
The Ministry of Justice is once again in the dock as access to justice continues to deteriorate. NLJ consultant editor David Greene warns in this week's issue that neither public legal aid nor private litigation funding looks set for a revival in 2026
Civil justice lurches onward with characteristic eccentricity. In his latest Civil Way column, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist, surveys a procedural landscape featuring 19-page bundle rules, digital possession claims, and rent laws he labels ‘bonkers’
Can a chief constable be held responsible for disobedient officers? Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth, professor of public law at De Montfort University, examines a Court of Appeal ruling that answers firmly: yes
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