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Who will be the next Lord Chief Justice? Place your bets but be sure to read Professor Dominic Regan’s tips first, in this week’s NLJ
IP law firm hires associate
Law firm welcomes residential property partner
Solicitors have raised questions about the Legal Services Board’s (LSB) plans to help consumers compare the market on fees, pricing models and costs
Criminal defence solicitors have been issued with guidance as their colleagues at the Bar began a ‘no returns’ policy this week
The Solicitors Indemnity Fund (SIF) could be granted a 12-month reprieve, following a robust response to a consultation on its future

Tom Lyas, recruitment manager and winner of the LexisNexis Legal Awards Personality of the Year 2022 discusses challenges in the legal sector and the changes he’d like to see

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has made ‘swift access to justice’ one of its key goals, in its Digital Strategy for 2022 to 2025
The Court of Appeal has fired off a second warning to counsel about lack of discretion, this time in a matter concerning a former MP who sought anonymity for domestic abuse allegations
Criminal barristers have ploughed ahead with protest action, after the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) refused to increase fees and hourly rates by 25%
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Sonya Sceats, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law

NLJ Career Profile: Sonya Sceats, the British Institute of International and Comparative Law

Sonya Sceats, next director and CEO of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, discusses her long-standing mission to uphold and defend the rule of law

Anthony Collins—four appointments

Anthony Collins—four appointments

Property and commercial teams bolstered by senior hires

Keystone Law—Ben Knowles

Keystone Law—Ben Knowles

International arbitration specialist strenghtens the team

NEWS
Manchester’s online LLM has accelerated career progression for its graduates
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
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’
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
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
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