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Bristol, Manchester Minshull Street, Reading, Warwick, and Winchester Crown Courts are being considered for jury trials, the jury trial working group has confirmed

Former Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams has won a Supreme Court case to erase two historic convictions for trying to escape from the Maze Prison on Christmas Eve in 1973 and again in 1974

Jury trials are to restart this month at certain courts including the Old Bailey and Cardiff Crown Court, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett has announced

Sailesh Mehta & Mahesh Karu drill down on social media & serious crime

The use of social media, ‘drill music’ and the glamorisation of gang lifestyle continues to be a controversial issue among criminal practitioners

Peter Thompson QC questions the reasoning behind recent changes to the statement of truth

Hiding wealth through trusts is a shocking business, writes Philip Sinel

Jonny Frank & Annabel Kerley offer practical guidance for companies under investigation

Unprecedented court case backlogs and record prisoner numbers could be on the way as a result of government reforms and COVID-19, according to an Institute for Government (IfG) and Chartered Institute for Public Finance & Accountancy paper published this week, ‘The criminal justice system’.

‘Spitting or coughing’ and ‘disease transmission’ would count as aggravating factors when sentencing for assault, under revised draft sentencing guidelines for assault offences

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Firm expands into banking and finance sector with newly appointed head of banking

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NLJ this week: Mazur under scrutiny

Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) continues to stir controversy across civil litigation, according to NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School—AKA ‘The insider’

NLJ this week: Does dishonesty always mean strike-off?

SRA v Goodwin is a rare disciplinary decision where a solicitor found to have acted dishonestly avoided being struck off, says Clare Hughes-Williams of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) imposed a 12-month suspension instead, citing medical evidence and the absence of harm to clients

NLJ this week: Potanin, prenups & privacy

In their latest Family Law Brief for NLJ, Ellie Hampson-Jones and Carla Ditz of Stewarts review three key family law rulings, including the latest instalment in the long-running saga of Potanin v Potanina

NLJ this week: Malaysia’s arbitration overhaul

The Asian International Arbitration Centre’s sweeping reforms through its AIAC Suite of Rules 2026, unveiled at Asia ADR Week, are under examination in this week's NLJ by John (Ching Jack) Choi of Gresham Legal

NLJ this week: Greed but no fraud in £1.4bn SKAT case

In this week's issue of NLJ, Yasseen Gailani and Alexander Martin of Quinn Emanuel report on the High Court’s decision in Skatteforvaltningen (SKAT) v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors [2025], where Denmark’s tax authority failed to recover £1.4bn in disputed dividend tax refunds

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Criminal

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hamlins—Maddox Legal

Ward Hadaway—Nik Tunley

Taylor Rose—Russell Jarvis