Stephen Lewis

Law commissioner

Stephen Lewis, law commissioner for commercial & common law, Law Commission (www.lawcom.gov.uk)

Law commissioner

Stephen Lewis, law commissioner for commercial & common law, Law Commission (www.lawcom.gov.uk)

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Stephen Lewis discusses the Law Commission’s work on electronic execution of documents & why they’ve confirmed that electronic signatures are a viable alternative to handwritten signatures

Stephen Lewis, Laura Burgoyne & Conor McLaughlin on proposals for greater consumer protection on retailer insolvency

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Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson

Real estate dispute resolution team welcomes newly qualified solicitor

Morr & Co—Dennis Phillips

International private client team appoints expert in Spanish law

NLJ Career Profile: Stefan Borson, McCarthy Denning

Stefan Borson, football finance expert head of sport at McCarthy Denning, discusses returning to the law digging into the stories behind the scenes

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NLJ this week: Cyber drills build real-world resilience

Paper cyber-incident plans are useless once ransomware strikes, argues Jack Morris of Epiq in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Fairness from day one

In this week's NLJ, Robert Hargreaves and Lily Johnston of York St John University examine the Employment Rights Bill 2024–25, which abolishes the two-year qualifying period for unfair-dismissal claims

NLJ this week: When procedure is power

Writing in NLJ this week, Manvir Kaur Grewal of Corker Binning analyses the collapse of R v Óg Ó hAnnaidh, where a terrorism charge failed because prosecutors lacked statutory consent. The case, she argues, highlights how procedural safeguards—time limits, consent requirements and institutional checks—define lawful state power

NLJ this week: Divorce meets digital wealth

Cryptocurrency is reshaping financial remedy cases, warns Robert Webster of Maguire Family Law in NLJ this week. Digital assets—concealable, volatile and hard to trace—are fuelling suspicions of hidden wealth, yet Form E still lacks a section for crypto-disclosure

NLJ this week: Pets, probate & public access—civil law’s busy winter

NLJ columnist Stephen Gold surveys a flurry of procedural reforms in his latest 'Civil way' column

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Stephen Lewis

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson

Morr & Co—Dennis Phillips

NLJ Career Profile: Stefan Borson, McCarthy Denning