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Air law landmark marks 80 years
LexisNexis will mark the 80th anniversary of Shawcross and Beaumont on Air Law with a live podcast exploring the evolution of aviation law from the Chicago Convention to the challenges facing modern aerospace, taking place on Tuesday 29 September
07 September 2026
Second Gatwick runway given green light
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge to a second runway at Gatwick Airport, with no right of further appeal, in Barclay and another v Secretary of State for Transport [2026] EWCA Civ 1040
05 August 2026
Flying high, landing in court Premium Content
From record-breaking journeys to wartime adventures: David Hewitt charts the highs, lows & lawsuits of pioneering aviator Neville Stack
26 June 2026 / David Hewitt
Law Commission launches recommendations on drones
The law of hijacking must be modernised and legal reforms introduced to protect passengers where there is no pilot or cabin crew on board, the Law Commission has warned
27 May 2026
Take-off time for insurance pay-outs? Premium Content
Possessed or contingent, war risk or all-risk? Helen Biggin examines the fallout from the Russian aviation insurance claims
25 July 2025 / Helen Biggin
Your captain is a robot: self-flying aircraft
A self-flying aircraft is the subject of the latest Law Commission consultation
28 February 2024
Mistakes on a plane Premium Content
What is an accident? Asela Wijeyaratne & Mark Welbourn examine a return to orthodoxy under the Montreal Convention on air passenger liability
02 June 2023 / Mark Welbourn / Asela Wijeyaratne
Lawyers look to the stars
LexisNexis has launched Space industry, an authoritative and comprehensive statement of the law in an area of increasing importance to lawyers, as part of Halsbury’s Laws of England.
31 May 2023
Airline strikes: extraordinary circumstances? Premium Content
Lee Finch & Ann-Marie O’Neil examine the high threshold for determining which events are outside an airline’s control
25 February 2022
NLJ this week: Ryanair and the case of the missing compensation―is the airline liable or not?
Without pilots, planes don’t fly. So discovered budget airline, Ryanair in 2018
25 February 2022
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Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss

Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector

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Law Society RFC Festival of Sport 2026 ‘Wrap-Up’
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
NLJ this week: Part-time protection widens
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
NLJ this week: Britain’s unpaid account
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
NLJ this week: Rules, risks & red tape
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
NLJ this week: When bots libel
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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