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Barrister Andy Slaughter has been appointed chair of the Justice Committee, the House of Commons select committee which scrutinises Ministry of Justice policies and spending, including the courts and legal aid

Sir Keir Starmer’s government is making good on its manifesto pledge to evict the hereditary peers. In this week’s NLJ, Neil Parpworth of Leicester De Montfort Law School examines the House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill

The Labour government intends to finally see off the ‘rump’ of Lords who inherited their title. Neil Parpworth analyses the proposed reform
Keir Starmer says the UK won’t rejoin the EU in his lifetime. David Wolchover looks back at the withdrawal process & re-examines the legality of Brexit

Think the unthinkable—could Britain rejoin the EU? Eight years after the referendum, David Wolchover, barrister of Gray’s Inn and Ridgeway Chambers, boldly voices that which no Labour politician dare ever dream of uttering

Peers have called for a major overhaul of public inquiries—which they dub ‘frequently too long and expensive, leading to a loss of public confidence and protracted trauma’

Neil Parpworth on why maiden speeches in the House of Commons are a continuing unnecessary distraction

With hundreds of newbies occupying the green benches, Westminster has been treated to a torrent of maiden speeches

Steve Foster examines the duty of civil servants to obey the law—but which one?
What do lawyers hope for as the Keir Starmer government gets to work? In this week’s NLJ, Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC calls for more access to justice while Mary Young sets out a wish list from the legal profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

DWF—David Abbott & Claire Keat

Senior appointments in insurance services and commercial services announced

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Clyde & Co—Nick Roberts

Aviation disputes practice strengthened by London partner hire

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Ellisons—Marion Knocker

Residential property lawyer promoted to partnership

NEWS
he abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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