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Regulatory and corporate defence team expands with Bristol partner hire

With no automatic right to call experts in family proceedings, Dr Chris Pamplin considers how courts balance proportionality, fairness & delay

An industry-leading expert witness practice, offering high-quality expert witness reports for the medico-legal sector

Digital informality meets hard-edged costs law. In this week's NLJ, David Bailey-Vella, chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers and legal director at Pogust Goodhead, examines MacInnes v DWF Law LLP, in which the Senior Courts Costs Office held that if a firm bills for WhatsApp work, those messages form part of the ‘file’—even if stored on personal devices

David Bailey-Vella weighs up WhatsApp, ‘the file’, & the modern realities of costs disclosure

Hugh James has secured 500 places on King’s College London’s new AI Literacy for Law course as part of a major firm-wide push to strengthen its responsible use of generative artificial intelligence

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

International hospitality and leisure specialist joins corporate team as partner

Firm appoints head of intellectual property to drive northern growth

Global shipping practice expands with experienced ship finance partner hire