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Commercial litigation and professional negligence offerings strengthened by partner hire

Public law and human rights team welcomes solicitor

FOIL members elect Nicola Critchley as president

Fraud and corporate crime expert joins chambers

Senior associate joins construction and engineering team

The Justice Committee will be examining the future of legal aid for criminal defence solicitors on Tuesday 14 November, when it takes evidence from representatives of the Criminal Law Solicitors Association and the Law Society.

The Law Society has warned that the government’s stance on criminal legal aid is driving solicitors to consider unionising to take direct action, following the barrister strike action earlier this year.

The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary (CTJ) has reported that the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Burnett of Maldon, appeared before the House of Commons Justice Select Committee on 8 November 2022 to give evidence on his work.

With the war in Ukraine ongoing and the after-effects of the pandemic ‘only slowly subsiding, global markets are in turmoil’, writes Cadwalader special counsel Simon Walsh, in this week’s NLJ. And what always increases during times of turmoil? Disputes.

Solicitors have suffered drastic consequences for ignoring the independence of experts. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Dr Chris Pamplin, editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses, presents some choice examples.

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NLJ this week: Mazur under scrutiny

Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) continues to stir controversy across civil litigation, according to NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School—AKA ‘The insider’

NLJ this week: Does dishonesty always mean strike-off?

SRA v Goodwin is a rare disciplinary decision where a solicitor found to have acted dishonestly avoided being struck off, says Clare Hughes-Williams of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) imposed a 12-month suspension instead, citing medical evidence and the absence of harm to clients

NLJ this week: Potanin, prenups & privacy

In their latest Family Law Brief for NLJ, Ellie Hampson-Jones and Carla Ditz of Stewarts review three key family law rulings, including the latest instalment in the long-running saga of Potanin v Potanina

NLJ this week: Malaysia’s arbitration overhaul

The Asian International Arbitration Centre’s sweeping reforms through its AIAC Suite of Rules 2026, unveiled at Asia ADR Week, are under examination in this week's NLJ by John (Ching Jack) Choi of Gresham Legal

NLJ this week: Greed but no fraud in £1.4bn SKAT case

In this week's issue of NLJ, Yasseen Gailani and Alexander Martin of Quinn Emanuel report on the High Court’s decision in Skatteforvaltningen (SKAT) v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors [2025], where Denmark’s tax authority failed to recover £1.4bn in disputed dividend tax refunds

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hamlins—Maddox Legal

Ward Hadaway—Nik Tunley

Taylor Rose—Russell Jarvis