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Dominic Regan reflects on unembarrassed liars, procedural pitfalls & the Chancery Division on the chopping block

The Crown Court backlog stabilised at the end of March, reducing by 37 cases to 80,061—a slight fall on the previous quarter but a 5% rise on the same quarter last year

Government plans to curb jury trials have received only qualified support from Parliament’s Justice Committee, which has raised serious concerns about the Courts and Tribunals Bill

Michael Zander KC on the Justice Committee’s report on the Bill to cut jury trials

Artificial intelligence (AI) legal assistants will be deployed to cut delays in the Crown Court, ministers have announced

The Chancery Division and other segments of the High Court are to be replaced by a new Business and Property Division (BPD), in a major civil justice shakeup

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Slater Heelis—Probate & Court of Protection team

Slater Heelis brings Probate and Court of Protection expertise together with new dedicated team

Clarke Willmott—Antonia Power

Antonia Power joins Clarke Willmott in Taunton

Haynes Boone—Chris Acton

Chris Acton joins Haynes Boone as chair of UK derivatives platform

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NLJ this week: Practice pointers

Civil practitioners face changes spanning debt recovery, workplace harassment and possession claims, alongside guidance on insolvency challenges and children proceedings

NLJ this week: Follow the assets

Finding matrimonial wealth is as challenging as dividing it, as family disputes draw practitioners into asset tracing, offshore structures and insolvency

NLJ this week: Budget blowback

Agreement between opponents offers no guarantee that a court will approve a retrospective increase to a costs budget

NLJ this week: Climate counsel

Climate change belongs on every lawyer’s agenda, with risks extending far beyond environmental practice into commercial advice, litigation and access to justice

NLJ this week: Beyond HR

Workplace bullying and harassment can no longer be left solely to HR, as financial regulation scrutinises culture, character and fitness

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In Court

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Probate & Court of Protection team

Clarke Willmott—Antonia Power

Haynes Boone—Chris Acton