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Stephen Gold

NLJ columnist

Stephen Gold has many years’ experience both as a recently retired civil and family judge and, before that, as a practising solicitor. He is an NLJ columnist and has written our civil way column for more than 30 years and is the author of Breaking Law – The Inside Guide to Your Legal Rights & Winning in Court or Losing Well.

 

 

NLJ columnist

Stephen Gold has many years’ experience both as a recently retired civil and family judge and, before that, as a practising solicitor. He is an NLJ columnist and has written our civil way column for more than 30 years and is the author of Breaking Law – The Inside Guide to Your Legal Rights & Winning in Court or Losing Well.

 

 

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
CPR: another date; DDJudging: go for it!; Supreme dressing down; Latest blow for landlords; U-turn on rent challenges
Less shame from HMRC; Avoid planning fees hike; Email power to unions; Housing associations to tell more.
Six months of jeopardy for bosses; Property tribunals need you!; Unreasonable behaviour knock; Reserve fund victory.
Uninterested; TCC abhors rancour; Struck with case management; FPR update no 3 of 2026; Family listing
Chancery: in memoriam; Latest CPR update; Hello Family Group Meeting; Getting paid with legal aid

The Great Escape; New FPRs; No hiding place for claimants

Court and Tribunal fees up; Shtum after tax avoidance; Rental latest; Remote or attended?
Insolvency in London; Special account more special; Data complaints; Pipeline legislation; Warring with bankrupt’s trustees.
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Kennedy

DWF—David Kennedy

DWF appoints new major injury and casualty partner in Dublin

Keystone Law—12 appointments

Keystone Law—12 appointments

Keystone Law reinforces full-service offering with 12 partner appointments

Haynes Boone—Linton Bloomberg

Haynes Boone—Linton Bloomberg

Linton Bloomberg joins Haynes Boone's London office, expanding cross-border restructuring capabilities

NEWS
Sole practitioners and small firms are struggling due to the pressure of recruitment issues and excessive regulation, the Law Society has warned
Pressure is mounting for a dedicated UK AI law, but deciding what it should achieve remains the central challenge
Legal professional privilege has checked the SRA’s investigative powers, exposing difficult questions about tackling suspected abusive litigation
Refusing mediation need not trigger a costs penalty, but litigators must justify their position
Group claims, disputed costs and judicial recruitment dominate the latest courtroom round-up
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