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Is the term ‘transparency’ an unlawful euphemism for open justice? David Burrows reviews the powers of the president of the Family Division to pilot transparency

Costs budgeting has been ‘useful’ and should be retained, guideline hourly rates (GHRs) retained but uprated annually for inflation, and a £500,000 costs cap installed in patent cases, a major review led by Lord Justice Birss has concluded.

With the courts confirming there is no way to define an ‘expert’ in family proceedings, Sarah Keily stresses the need for caution until change is effected

Nuptial news; coining it in; in favour of juniors; out with the scissors.

David Walbank KC reports on anthropomorphism in court & the legal protections accorded to animals

David Pickstone, Darren Kidd & Alexander Lerner examine some positive signs for CPR 19.6 & the future of collective proceedings in England and Wales

The Courts and Tribunal Judiciary released a message from Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Burnett, on 19 April 2023.

President of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Judicial Committee, Lord Reed has released a new Practice Note in respect of the United Kingdom Supreme Court (UKSC) and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC).

The Civil Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) has released its drafts changes to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) agreed upon at a meeting on 31 March 2023.

The recent change to QOCS (qualified one-way costs shifting) may have tipped the balance in favour of defendants, Samuel Hayman, partner, and Tom Jenkinson, senior associate solicitor, Bolt Burdon Kemp, write in this week’s NLJ.

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Browne Jacobson—Matthew Kemp

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Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

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NLJ this week: Arbitration’s fast lane—with guardrails

Early determination is no longer a novelty in arbitration. In NLJ this week, Gustavo Moser, arbitration specialist lawyer at Lexis+, charts the global embrace of summary disposal powers, now embedded in the Arbitration Act 1996 and mirrored worldwide. Tribunals may swiftly dismiss claims with ‘no real prospect of succeeding’, but only if fairness is preserved

NLJ this week: Justice for some, access for few?

The Ministry of Justice is once again in the dock as access to justice continues to deteriorate. NLJ consultant editor David Greene warns in this week's issue that neither public legal aid nor private litigation funding looks set for a revival in 2026

NLJ this week: Bundles, bots & bonkers rent

Civil justice lurches onward with characteristic eccentricity. In his latest Civil Way column, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist, surveys a procedural landscape featuring 19-page bundle rules, digital possession claims, and rent laws he labels ‘bonkers’

NLJ this week: Police, contempt and the rule of law

Can a chief constable be held responsible for disobedient officers? Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth, professor of public law at De Montfort University, examines a Court of Appeal ruling that answers firmly: yes

NLJ this week: When your brain signs the contract

Neurotechnology is poised to transform contract law—and unsettle it. Writing in NLJ this week, Harry Lambert, barrister at Outer Temple Chambers and founder of the Centre for Neurotechnology & Law, and Dr Michelle Sharpe, barrister at the Victorian Bar, explore how brain–computer interfaces could both prove and undermine consent

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Procedure & practice

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Browne Jacobson—Matthew Kemp

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr