Procedure & practice

Family Arbs: the likely bill; Human Rights alive; Champers with water for tenants; Fit and proper on the pitch

The High Court has struck out a gigantic group action with more than 200,000 claimants against BHP Group over the 2015 Fundão dam catastrophe in Brazil, releasing iron ore mine tailings into the Doce River, which resulted in 19 deaths and destruction on a massive scale, including the obliteration of entire villages

Does judicial review strike the right balance between citizen and government, as the Independent Review of Administrative Law seeks to discover?

Twenty Essex barristers explore recent developments in the law on service―the means by which legal proceedings are commenced―and conclude that it’s time for a ‘wholescale review’, in this week’s NLJ

Paul Lowenstein QC & Andrew Dinsmore outline recent developments in the law on service

In the spirit of Halloween, NLJ columnist Stephen Gold considers the twin horrors of Brexit and COVID-19 in this week's column

The Law Society has said it does not believe there is a need for fundamental reform of judicial review, in its response to Lord Faulks’s independent review of administrative law (bit.ly/2HGUemT).

Litigation specialists present their views on how the Disclosure Pilot Scheme is working for judges and lawyers, in this week’s NLJ

When awarding costs on account, what is a reasonable sum, asks HHJ Karen Walden-Smith

If my wife were a solicitor and she had murdered me during lockdown, and if (notwithstanding the many defences available to defence counsel) she had been convicted, I expect she would be struck off. That’s obvious, but is it right?