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Is now the time to turn your pre-nup into a post-nup? Asks Mark Irving

Best laid plans…the divorce settlement roulette, by Georgina Vallance-Webb

Re G (a child)(order: restriction on applications) [2008] EWCA Civ 1468; [2009] All ER (D) 60 (Jan)

Should a lack of mutual trust invalidate a marriage?

Re P (children) (contact) [2008] EWCA Civ 1431, [2009] All ER (D) 55 (Jan)

Bird v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2008] EWHC 3159 (Admin), [2008] All ER (D) 250 (Dec)

Giant bows to credit crunch; ILEX honours; Family Legal Aid; Referral fee lives on... for now

John Cooper on child protection post Baby P

MacLeod v MacLeod [2008] UKPC 64

Will the credit crunch tempt more litigants to adopt a McKenzie friend? ask Ann Northover & Nicola Fisher

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Clyde & Co—Sian Langer & Gemma Parker

Firm strengthens catastrophic injury capability with partner promotions

DWF—Dean Gormley

Finance and restructuring team offering expands in Manchester with partner hire

Taylor Rose—Vicki Maflin

Firm announces appointment of head of remortgage

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NLJ this week: Employment law’s fine margins

From gender-critical speech to notice periods and incapability dismissals, employment law continues to turn on fine distinctions. In his latest employment law brief for NLJ, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School reviews a cluster of recent decisions, led by Bailey v Stonewall, where the Court of Appeal clarified the limits of third-party liability under the Equality Act

NLJ this week: Promises broken on non-molestation orders?

Non-molestation orders are meant to be the frontline defence against domestic abuse, yet their enforcement often falls short. Writing in NLJ this week, Jeni Kavanagh, Jessica Mortimer and Oliver Kavanagh analyse why the criminalisation of breach has failed to deliver consistent protection

NLJ this week: Failure to deliver in Getty v Stability AI

The long-awaited Getty Images v Stability AI judgment arrived at the end of last year—but not with the seismic impact many expected. In this week's issue of NLJ, experts from Arnold & Porter dissect a ruling that is ‘historic’ yet tightly confined

NLJ this week: Spotlight on the Supreme Court in 2025

The UK Supreme Court may be deciding fewer cases, but its impact in 2025 was anything but muted. In this week's NLJ, Professor Emeritus Brice Dickson of Queen’s University Belfast reviews a year marked by historically low output, a striking rise in jointly authored judgments, and a continued decline in dissent. High-profile rulings on biological sex under the Equality Act, public access to Dartmoor, and fairness in sexual offence trials ensured the court’s voice carried far beyond the Strand

NLJ this week: Mind the registration gap

Delays at HM Land Registry are no longer a background irritation but a growing source of professional risk. Writing in NLJ this week, Phil Murrin of DAC Beachcroft explores how the ‘registration gap’—now stretching up to two years in complex cases—is fuelling client frustration, priority disputes, and negligence claims

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Family

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Sian Langer & Gemma Parker

DWF—Dean Gormley

Taylor Rose—Vicki Maflin