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Disquiet is growing in the City of London about the likely impact of the Bill of Rights Bill on the UK’s economic competitiveness, the Law Society has warned.

The SRA has announced the publication of a range of new guidance covering the financial sanctions regime, immigration work and effective supervision. It has also issued a warning notice on involvement in strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs).

New partner to head-up banking practice in Scotland

Birketts announces merger with Kent and London firm Batchelors Solicitors

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has published a review of immigration and asylum legal services.

The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary (CTJ) has announced the retirement of the Lord Ian Duncan Burnett of Maldon as the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales and Head of the Judiciary.

With economic storm clouds brewing, lawyers need to identify where they are exposed and how best to mitigate any weak spots.

With his front-row seat to the latest announcement on fixed costs, Professor Dominic Regan is well-placed to forecast what comes next, in this week’s NLJ.

Trying times: Clare Hughes-Williams & Patrick Hill advise on how best to mitigate exposures in an economic downturn

Rachel Davenport, Co-founder and Director at AlphaBiolabs, discusses alcohol monitoring technology, and how it can be used to evidence levels and patterns of alcohol consumption or sobriety.

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NLJ this week: What judging really demands

Judging is ‘more intellectually demanding than any other role in public life’—and far messier than outsiders imagine. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC reflects on decades spent wrestling with unclear legislation, fragile precedent and human fallibility

NLJ this week: AI comes for the billable hour

The long-predicted death of the billable hour may finally be here—and this time, it’s armed with a scythe. In a sweeping critique of time-based billing, Ian McDougall, president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, argues in this week's NLJ that artificial intelligence has made hourly charging ‘intellectually, commercially and ethically indefensible’

NLJ this week: Civil procedure—sharp elbows & sharper warnings

From fake authorities to rent reform, the civil courts have had a busy start to 2026. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold surveys a procedural landscape where guidance, discretion and discipline are all under strain

NLJ this week: Getting the facts right in family courts

Fact-finding hearings remain a fault line in private family law. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors analyse recent appeals exposing the dangers of rushed or fragmented findings

NLJ this week: Sporting justice—at sprint speed

As the Winter Olympics open in Milan and Cortina, legal disputes are once again being resolved almost as fast as the athletes compete. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Ian Blackshaw of Valloni Attorneys examines the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS's) ad hoc divisions, which can decide cases within 24 hours

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Profession

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Kennedys—Samson Spanier

Bird & Bird—Emma Radcliffe

Hill Dickinson—Chris Williams