Veronica Cowan
Barrister & journalist
Barrister and journalist.
Barrister & journalist
Barrister and journalist.
It’s time for an independent body to ensure coroners’ recommendations are implemented, writes Veronica Cowan
Veronica Cowan looks at a recent decision on the weed that never dies
Is remote working here to stay? Veronica Cowan explores the post-pandemic attitude to home working in the legal sector
Veronica Cowan reports on a case which is creating uncertainty in police serious misconduct cases
Veronica Cowan reports on the ongoing strikes by criminal barristers: what will it take to repair a broken system?
Veronica Cowan discusses the benefits of driving digital conveyancing in house buying & selling
Are increasing professional indemnity insurance premiums posing a threat to small law firms? Veronica Cowan investigates
Veronica Cowan talks to the Chief Legal Ombudsman, Paul McFadden, about his plans to drive recovery & change
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Mourant—Stephen Alexander
Jersey litigation lead appointed to global STEP Council
mfg Solicitors—nine trainees
Firm invests in future talent with new training cohort
360 Law Group—Anthony Gahan
Investment banking veteran appointed as chairman to drive global growth
NEWS
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
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