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It’s time for lawyers to contribute to the debate on confidentiality agreements, says Juliet Carp

When should the justice of case proceedings prevail over hardnosed case management practice? Shane Crawford investigates

Ian Smith serves up a turbo-charged, non-biased update on recent case law & substantive procedural matters

Is evidence which discloses iniquity still considered legally privileged? Shane Crawford looks at the facts

In his first brief of 2019, Ian Smith (not pictured) revisits the gig economy & reflects on the old days

Uber drivers are workers rather than self-employed, the Court of Appeal has confirmed, in the latest triumph for people working in the gig economy.

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Winckworth Sherwood—Sarbjeet Gill

Firm boosts real estate development team with partner hire

University of Manchester: The LLM driving tech-focused career growth

University of Manchester: The LLM driving tech-focused career growth

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

mfg Solicitors—Philip Chapman

mfg Solicitors—Philip Chapman

Regional firm strengthens corporate team with partner hire

NEWS
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
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’
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
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
As the Winter Olympics open in Milan and Cortina, legal disputes are once again being resolved almost as fast as the athletes compete. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Ian Blackshaw of Valloni Attorneys examines the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS's) ad hoc divisions, which can decide cases within 24 hours
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