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Dominic Regan sheds light on the Assange affair & rails against absurd expenditure at home & abroad

The seemingly endless saga of Julian Assange was a rollercoaster for all concerned, not least his lawyers

Clare Hughes-Williams & Catrin Davies advise lawyers to guard against the rise in wasted costs applications

Legal aid is hard to get, but the numbers applying for exceptional funding are still low. In this week’s ‘Civil way’, NLJ columnist and former district judge Stephen Gold urges lawyers to apply

Beware the rise in wasted costs applications! A lawyer’s nightmare is recurring with ever-more horrifying frequency

Victoria Morrison-Hughes doubts whether the disclosure of agency fees would assist in the resolution of a cost dispute

Hugh Grant’s decision to settle his action for misuse of private information against NGN has shone a spotlight on the debatable fairness of CPR, Pt 36, says Colin Campbell

If the destination is settlement, parties are advised to get on board at the earliest (& cheapest) opportunity, says Dominic Regan

Love Actually star Hugh Grant drew attention to CPR, Pt 36 settlements recently when he tweeted his frustrations regarding his own case against News Group Newspapers, which has now settled

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Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Harneys senior leadership appointments

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

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

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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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston

Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan

Anthony Collins—Laura Moss