Richard Harrison

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Richard Harrison, partner, Laytons Solicitors LLP (richard.harrison@laytons.com; www.laytons.com)

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Richard Harrison, partner, Laytons Solicitors LLP (richard.harrison@laytons.com; www.laytons.com)

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Richard Harrison examines the delicate art of drafting comprehensive, careful & effective witness statements

Richard Harrison considers Hamilton’s written advocacy skills as exemplified in The Reynolds Pamphlet

Richard Harrison reaches for some copybook headings in assessing the new Transparency Rules

Richard Harrison returns with Ten DR Commandments inspired by the 2018 Olivier award winner Hamilton

Richard Harrison considers the practicalities & legalities of ‘coming off the record’

How can a hip-hop musical become an inspiration for mediators? Richard Harrison shares his thoughts & a few plot spoilers below…

Richard Harrison looks at the treatment of costs management in the Merrix case & finds some interesting parallels

Richard Harrison looks at modern ways of storing and accessing client information

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HFW—Guy Marrison

Global aviation disputes practice boosted by London partner hire

Morrison Foerster—Jenny Galloway & Luke Rowland

Firm grows London practice with two partner promotions

Hogan Lovells—David Hansom

Government contracts and procurement practice expands with London partner hire

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NLJ this week: The insider returns

Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome

NLJ this week: Drawing the line on contempt

After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights

NLJ this week: Stop and search by the numbers

The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains

NLJ this week: Looking back on the prorogation that never was

Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously

NLJ this week: How not to plead a schedule of loss

A construction defect claim in the Court of Appeal offers a sharp lesson in pleading discipline. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains how a catastrophically drafted schedule of loss derailed otherwise viable claims. Across the areas explored in this week's column, the message is consistent: clarity, economy and proper pleading matter more than ever

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Richard Harrison

MOVERS & SHAKERS

HFW—Guy Marrison

Morrison Foerster—Jenny Galloway & Luke Rowland

Hogan Lovells—David Hansom