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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.

Dispute resolution uses an astonishing amount of carbon resources, and it’s time to make it more environmentally sustainable, barrister Dr Mike Wilkinson and commercial director of AI-powered litigation platform TrialView, Eimear McCann write in this week’s NLJ.

Have the changes to the qualified one-way costs shifting regime tipped the scales too far in favour of defendants? Samuel Hayman & Tom Jenkinson examine the perilous new situation for claimants

Is litigation in its current form consistent with the UK’s carbon reduction commitments? Dr Mike Wilkinson & Eimear McCann make the case for rule reform

Stuck with a mortgage; caveat (overseas) emptor; small and attending; Vento bands rise.

Sainsbury’s has lost its Court of Appeal bid to stop equal pay claims on the basis of a mistake in a reference number.

Litigators should know how much any case is going to cost before they even begin the process of budgeting, Sir Colin Birss, the Deputy Head of Civil Justice, has told an Association of Costs Lawyers (ACL) roundtable

The use of pre-recorded evidence has helped rape victims during trial, Ministry of Justice research has shown.

Talk about an own goal—the BBC’s grounding of Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker over his tweets put the institution’s own impartiality under the spotlight.

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NLJ Career Profile: John McElroy, London Solicitors Litigation Association

From first-generation student to trailblazing president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, John McElroy of Fieldfisher reflects on resilience, identity and the power of bringing your whole self to the law

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NLJ this week: Sanctions ruling casts ‘wide net’ over global finance

A landmark Supreme Court ruling has underscored the sweeping reach of UK sanctions. In NLJ this week, Brónagh Adams and Harriet Campbell of Penningtons Manches Cooper say the regime is a ‘blunt instrument’ requiring only a factual, not causal, link to restricted goods

NLJ this week: England’s courts cement status as fraud battleground

Fraud claims are surging, with England and Wales increasingly the forum of choice for global disputes. Writing in NLJ this week, Jon Felce of Cooke, Young & Keidan reports claims have risen sharply, with fraud now a major share of litigation and costing billions worldwide

NLJ this week: Mazur ruling puts firms on supervision alert

Litigators digesting Mazur are being urged to tighten oversight and compliance. In his latest 'Insider' column for NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School provides a cut out and keep guide to the ruling’s core test: whether an unauthorised individual is ‘in truth acting on behalf of the authorised individual’

NLJ this week: Landlords’ forced entry powers spark legal divide

Conflicting county court rulings have left landlords uncertain over whether they can force entry after tenants refuse access. In this week's NLJ, Edward Blakeney and Ashpen Rajah of Falcon Chambers outline a split: some judges permit it under CPR 70.2A, others insist only Parliament can authorise such powers

NLJ this week: Push to scrap ‘vague’ public office misconduct law

A wave of scandals has reignited debate over misconduct in public office, criticised as unclear and inconsistently applied. Writing in NLJ this week, Alice Lepeuple of WilmerHale says the offence’s ‘vagueness, overbreadth & inconsistent deployment’ have undermined confidence

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Procedure & practice

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: John McElroy, London Solicitors Litigation Association

Clarke Willmott—Elaine Field

Birketts—Barbara Hamilton-Bruce

NLJ Career Profile: John McElroy, London Solicitors Litigation Association