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In this week’s Civil Way, former District Judge Stephen Gold covers the latest in a David and Goliath battle between a couple duped out of their life savings and the all-powerful Barclays Bank. Where does responsibility lie?

Is cryptocurrency a help or a hindrance in security for costs applications? Sonia Kenawy examines the court’s approach thus far

Stephen Gold continues his nose through the archives. This week—war law rations & a voyage around the courts

Masood Ahmed weighs the importance of confidentiality versus public interest in the publication of court arbitration judgments

Damages to eyesight; PI 6.56% uplift; Onward online for divorce; Wasted exclusion clause

Ravi Aswani & Valya Georgieva consider a quarter-century of the Arbitration Act 1996: where might it go from here?

Publicans untied; Ombudsman justice; Spad(e)work; Bye bye costs; Latest FPR update; The Great (Rent) Escape; Public to see and hear

In the first of a new series focusing on criminal matters in & out of court, David Walbank QC tackles one of the most politically charged criminal cases of recent times

To celebrate 200 years of NLJ’s history former District Judge and NLJ columnist Stephen Gold steps back in time, snuff box in hand, to the cobbled streets of yesteryear to pen a new series of columns from the archive

Former District Judge Stephen Gold covers publicans untied, divorce costs and financial remedy pilots in this week’s Civil Way

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Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Set creates new client and business development role amid growth

Winckworth Sherwood—Charlie Hancock

Private wealth and tax offering bolstered by partner hire

Browne Jacobson—Matthew Kemp

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

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Who’s on the 2026 silk list?

The rank of King’s Counsel (KC) has been awarded to 96 barristers, and no solicitors, in the latest silk round

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

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Procedure & practice

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Winckworth Sherwood—Charlie Hancock

Browne Jacobson—Matthew Kemp