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Conveyancers brace for heavy workload following stamp duty cut

Charles Pigott explores the ‘reason why’ question in discrimination and whistleblowing cases

In how many ways can a case end up developing the law? Ian Smith illustrates some striking comparisons from the world of employment

Capsticks partner and marathon runner Paul McFarlane is taking over the helm at the Employment Lawyers' Association (ELA), vowing to improve racial diversity within the ELA community and put practical measures in place to improve pastoral care for members

The Home Office has launched a ‘Scale-up’ visa route to help businesses recruit highly skilled employees

Common law under attack? Ian Smith reports on the latest cases from the Court of Appeal & a particularly busy spell for Lord Justice Bean & Lady Justice Simler

Assessing the early legacy of Uber v Aslam: Charles Pigott examines the courts’ approach since the landmark judgment

Tesco has won an appeal against an earlier ruling preventing the supermarket chain from using ‘fire and rehire’ tactics

One year on from the Supreme Court’s landmark ‘Uber’ decision, Charles Pigott examines its effect on employment law, in this week’s NLJ

In this week’s NLJ, employment barrister Ian Smith investigates a trio of unusual cases, including on the issue of when a court can directly enforce a valid restraint of trade clause against an ex-employee, (and what about their need to earn a living?)

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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