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Litigators to move fast; Debt relief changes; CPR PD 165 is VATable; Getting in on the Act; Master stroke

Court fees are going up on 1 May! In this week’s ‘Civil way’, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, reports that 172 fees are affected, although some have escaped Those are not the only fee hikes, as Gold notes

Latest FPR update; CPR update worth a miss; Supreme junior advocacy; Medway goes to Maidstone

Former District Judge Stephen Gold delivers the goods in this week’s Civil way, with the latest on a family judge’s role in steering ‘warring parties’ away from court and into the hands of less adversarially focused professionals

Employment awards up; Annulment discretion; Supreme 40% hike; Opponent’s costs budget relevant; Northampton troubles; Exceeding statement of value; Manchester defeats London; Company law reforms

Havin' the Latin; Dr Gold's CPR prescription

There’s pure Gold on show in this week’s Civil way, as former district judge turned NLJ columnist Stephen Gold unravels the latest legal knots

Tribunal fees coming; Child support fee going; The value of a sanction; New CPR rules and PD update

Former district judge Stephen Gold reports on what’s coming and what’s going (tribunal fees, child support fee) in this week’s Civil Way

Flexi gets flexier; Unpaid carer boost; Latest CPR update; Exclusion clause blues; Ombudspals

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Browne Jacobson—Matthew Kemp

Firm grows real estate team with tenth partner hire this financial year

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

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NLJ this week: Arbitration’s fast lane—with guardrails

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

NLJ this week: Justice for some, access for few?

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

NLJ this week: Bundles, bots & bonkers rent

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’

NLJ this week: Police, contempt and the rule of law

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

NLJ this week: When your brain signs the contract

Neurotechnology is poised to transform contract law—and unsettle it. Writing in NLJ this week, Harry Lambert, barrister at Outer Temple Chambers and founder of the Centre for Neurotechnology & Law, and Dr Michelle Sharpe, barrister at the Victorian Bar, explore how brain–computer interfaces could both prove and undermine consent

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Civil way

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Browne Jacobson—Matthew Kemp

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr