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Judges have a vital role in reform, but should they be the final arbiter? David Greene reviews the evidence

Steven Davies reports on a new frontier in the ‘costs war’ & the threat of increased satellite litigation

Francis Kendall explains how judges may need to rethink how they assess costs following May v Wavell

Dominic Regan questions why (five years on) the new proportionality test can still be a mystery

David Wright on escaping from the fixed costs regime

Is there anything that civil procedure could import from arbitration to improve the resolution of costs disputes, asks Andy Ellis

​Amanda Stevens hopes clarity on recovery will reduce wasted costs & encourage a less defensive approach

Costs follow the event, except for respondents in the Court of Appeal who successfully resist permission to appeal, as Clive Freedman QC explains

Trivial, serious or significant? Francis Kendall reviews recent excuses for breaches & shares the consequences

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
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