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April is surely the cruellest month for employment lawyers, contends Ian Smith as he wades through a deluge of statutory changes & a trio of cases

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

It’s April and it’s raining statutory reforms to employment law. In this week’s NLJ, barrister and emeritus professor Ian Smith wades through the latest regulations, including on flexible working, carer’s leave, parental leave and the domestic worker exemption

Re-introducing employment tribunal fees is potentially unlawful and would block access to justice and increase costs to taxpayers, the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) has warned

Final fire & rehire code treads carefully through a legal & policy minefield, says Charles Pigott

Remember the P&O fire and rehire scandal? A final draft of the statutory code on dismissal and re-engagement has now been laid before Parliament, Charles Pigott writes in this week’s NLJ

Discrimination in the workplace has been the focus of some notable cases recently. Ian Smith briefs us on four particularly thorny ones

Four thorny cases of discrimination come under Ian Smith’s microscope in this week’s NLJ ‘Employment law brief’

Attention, TUPE geeks! Ian Smith talks us through a transfer case with a difference, as well as the latest employment developments

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NLJ Career Profile: Sonya Sceats, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Sonya Sceats, next director and CEO of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, discusses her long-standing mission to uphold and defend the rule of law

Anthony Collins—four appointments

Property and commercial teams bolstered by senior hires

Keystone Law—Ben Knowles

International arbitration specialist strenghtens the team

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The LLM driving tech-focused career growth

Manchester’s online LLM has accelerated career progression for its graduates

NLJ this week: What judging really demands

Judging is ‘more intellectually demanding than any other role in public life’—and far messier than outsiders imagine. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC reflects on decades spent wrestling with unclear legislation, fragile precedent and human fallibility

NLJ this week: AI comes for the billable hour

The long-predicted death of the billable hour may finally be here—and this time, it’s armed with a scythe. In a sweeping critique of time-based billing, Ian McDougall, president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, argues in this week's NLJ that artificial intelligence has made hourly charging ‘intellectually, commercially and ethically indefensible’

NLJ this week: Civil procedure—sharp elbows & sharper warnings

From fake authorities to rent reform, the civil courts have had a busy start to 2026. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold surveys a procedural landscape where guidance, discretion and discipline are all under strain

NLJ this week: Getting the facts right in family courts

Fact-finding hearings remain a fault line in private family law. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors analyse recent appeals exposing the dangers of rushed or fragmented findings

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Employment

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Sonya Sceats, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Anthony Collins—four appointments

Keystone Law—Ben Knowles