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
Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney
Set creates new client and business development role amid growth
Kingsley Napley—Tim Lowles
Sports disputes practice launchedwith partner appointment
mfg Solicitors—Tom Evans
Tax and succession planning offering expands with returning partner
NEWS
The rank of King’s Counsel (KC) has been awarded to 96 barristers, and no solicitors, in the latest silk round
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
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’
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