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Costs are an essential part of litigation but can be baffling for lawyers. Help is at hand in this week’s NLJ, with no less than two articles on this hugely important topic

Firm expands tech & commercial capabilities with senior hire

Firm announces new co-managing partner

CILEX lawyer appointed a recorder

Entries are now open for the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025, and there are an extra four categories up for grabs

Flexible working is the most popular, and quota setting is the least favoured, gender parity initiative in Mexico, according to a new report

Both buy-in from partners and financial investment are required if diversity, equality and inclusiveness (DEI) initiatives are to make a material difference at law firms, research has shown

Lawyers can use music to boost their confidence at work, according to innovative research commissioned by licensing company PPL PRS

Now an equity partner at PCB Byrne, Olga Bischof talks to NLJ about her career path, and debates the pros and cons of undergraduate law degrees

Solicitors’ contributions to the Compensation Fund are to rise from £30 to £90 for individuals and from £660 to £2,220 for firms, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has confirmed

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

mfg Solicitors—Hayley Pearce & Lauren Williams

mfg Solicitors—Hayley Pearce & Lauren Williams

Law firm mfg Solicitors announces promotions at Ludlow office

Womble Bond Dickinson—Richard Sharpe

Womble Bond Dickinson—Richard Sharpe

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints partner in Leeds residential team

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners—six promotions

Brabners adds six to partnership in record year for partner promotions

NEWS
Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 have been renewed, with the Bar Council arguing the current threshold criminalises children too early and risks pushing them towards lifelong offending
The legal profession's AI challenge extends far beyond fabricated case citations, according to a warning about the next phase of technological risk
Law firms should use the transition period before the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) assumes anti-money laundering (AML) supervision to strengthen governance and compliance, experts have warned
Cross-border disputes increasingly demand creative approaches to gathering evidence, with litigators needing to look beyond traditional letters of request
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified the distinction between contracts of 'indefinite' and 'perpetual' duration, with potentially significant implications for commercial drafting
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