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Jackson: Dominic Regan returns to set the record straight

Sir Rupert’s grand ambitions for future costs reform are breathtaking, as Dominic Regan reports

J-Codes & the new bill of costs format do nothing to reduce the actual costs of litigation in the UK, says Francis Kendall

Patrick Allen calls for a review of the future of costs budgeting

Andrew Lawson highlights the ambiguity surrounding the wording of the new fixed recoverable costs regime

Jon Lord assesses the government’s latest attempt to address costs in clinical negligence claims

Costs budgeting is here to stay so technical changes & a cultural shift are required, says Sue Nash

Dominic Regan salutes a return to form by Sir Rupert Jackson

What has gone so badly wrong with budgeting, asks Dominic Regan

Freezing hourly rates may hinder access to justice, says Jon Lord

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva

Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson

London labour and employment team announces partner hire

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly

Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion

NEWS
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
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
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
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
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
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