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John Cleverly & Azeem Suterwalla consider the potentially far-reaching & unexpected effects of proposals in the Judicial Review and Courts Bill

The Judicial Review and Courts Bill may be described in some quarters as ‘relatively uncontroversial’―but it has ‘potentially far-reaching effects’. Writing in this week’s NLJ, John Cleverly, senior associate at Osborne Clarke and Azeem Suterwalla, barrister at Monckton Chambers, explore the unexpected effects of the Bill, which endured a bumpy ride at second reading in the House of Lords this week and is now on its way to scrutiny at committee stage

Peers have raised objections to government plans for prospective-only quashing orders and the removal of Cart appeals, during the second reading of the Judicial Review and Courts Bill

Matthew Smith gets under the skin of the government’s concerns about judicial overreach

Judicial review has found itself in the government’s crosshairs on several occasions in the past decade, Matthew Smith, partner, DBD Pitmans, writes in this week’s NLJ. Focusing on the latest attempts to reform judicial review, he points out a troubling presumption in the proposed bill, which he thinks would be better removed

Nicholas Dobson examines expert opinion evidence in judicial review proceedings

While political sleaze hit the headlines this week, lawyers have been fighting to preserve accountability of public bodies on a separate front

Michael Zander QC on whether the Judicial Review and Courts Bill is a cause for concern

David Greene reviews government attempts to reset the balance of power & right some judicial ‘wrongs’

How much of a concern is the government’s Judicial Review and Courts Bill? Some people expected worse. Others think the Bill is a big enough threat as it is

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Cadwalader—Matthew Sperry

Firm grows private wealth practice with transatlantic hire

Michelmores—Jennifer Morrissey

Financial services and securities litigation specialist joins as partner in London

Shakespeare Martineau—David Smithen

South West land team bolstered by real estate partner hire in Bristol

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Long wait ahead for improvement in parental leave

MPs have expressed disappointment after the government confirmed it will not consider updating the parental leave system until at least 2027

NLJ this week: Civil tweaks & courtroom quirks

In his latest 'Civil way' column for this week's NLJ, Stephen Gold delivers a witty roundup of procedural updates and judicial oddities. From the rise in litigant-in-person hourly rates (£24 from October) to the Supreme Court’s venue hire options (canapés in Courtroom 1, anyone?), Gold blends legal insight with dry humour

NLJ this week: Back to (costs) basics

David Bailey-Vella of Davis Woolfe and chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers explores the new costs budgeting light pilot scheme in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Righting Libor wrongs

In July, the Supreme Court quashed the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, ruling that trial judges had wrongly directed juries to treat profit-motivated Libor submissions as inherently dishonest. In this week’s NLJ, David Stern and James Fletcher of 5 St Andrew’s Hill reflect on the decision

NLJ this week: Gaslighting & post-separation assets

In this week's issue of NLJ, Emma Brunning and Dharshica Thanarajasingham of Birketts unpack the high-conflict financial remedy case TF v SF [2025] EWHC 1659 (Fam). The husband’s conduct—described by the judge as a ‘masterclass in gaslighting’—included hiding a £9.5m deferred payment from the sale of a port acquired post-separation. Despite his claims that the port was non-matrimonial, the court found its value rooted in marital assets and efforts

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Judicial review

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Cadwalader—Matthew Sperry

Michelmores—Jennifer Morrissey

Shakespeare Martineau—David Smithen