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Simon Parsons examines the remit & limitations of international law in averting global conflict
"The message of Breyer is that the Supreme Court, like democracy, relies on consensus and a recognition from all institutions of faithfulness to that consensus"
Charlotte Bijlani and Soraya Corm-Bakhos chart the arbitration landscape in Dubai and the changes made by Decree 34
A charity which provides legal textbooks donated by the UK legal community to non-for-profit organisations around the globe, has celebrated its 15th anniversary
Solicitors have urged the government to open a planned resettlement scheme for Afghans at risk, following pleas for help from judges, lawyers and prosecutors in fear for their lives under Taliban rule

In a series of high-level roundtables organised by LexisNexis and the National Council for the Evaluation of Regulations, lawyers, a former Prime Minister, ministers, government officials, MPs and academics debated on how best to draft law

Lady Brownlie, whose husband died on a driving tour organised by Four Seasons Hotel Cairo at Nile Plaza, has won her appeal at the Supreme Court, in a decision that has significant implications for English nationals injured or killed while travelling overseas
The personal touch: Athelstane Aamodt untangles the complexities of US service of court papers
Joseph Dyke & Aqeel Qureshi report on the approach to the exclusion of illegally obtained evidence in England & Wales & in international arbitration
A major trial concerning liability for oil pollution in the Niger Delta is to go ahead in the High Court after Royal Dutch Shell and its Nigerian subsidiary SPDC confirmed it would not contest jurisdictional issues
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
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