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Ombudsman shows the way; free cut-out; Court of Appeal goes weedy; housing rent increase trap; new royal warrant plea.

Aggregation of evidence is for the jury, not the expert, as Chris Pamplin explains

The Chancellor has announced a time limit on unclaimed funds held by the Court Funds Office.

The High Court has handed down detailed guidance for the first time on the correct approach in law to the Financial Ombudsman’s powers to reopen complaints.

The Magistrates Association has expressed ‘incredible disappointment’ at plans to cut their sentencing powers back from 12 months to six.

The Law Society has stated that HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) is reforming how users apply for probate.

The Magistrates Association has published a media statement in response to the announcement of the Sentencing Act 2020 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) (Amendment) Regulations 2023, SI 2023/298.

The latest version of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill (REULRR Bill) was published on 9 March 2023.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published a response paper to the 2022 consultation on changes to the Qualified One-way Costs Shifting (QOCS) regime in personal injury cases.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has come in for criticism over its decision to drop charges against three former G4S executives following a ten-year investigation.

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Browne Jacobson—Matthew Kemp

Firm grows real estate team with tenth partner hire this financial year

Hogan Lovells—Lisa Quelch

Partner hire strengthens global infrastructure and energy financing practice

Sherrards—Jan Kunstyr

Legal director bolsters international expertise in dispute resolution team

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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