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International serious injury team bolstered by senior associate hire

Chambers welcomes family practitioner and founder of The Advocacy Coach

Firm boosts disease and stress claims expertise with partner hire

Lawyers recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list include Suffolk Law Centre founder Audrey Ludwig, and Reed Smith partner and former chair of the Black Solicitors’ Network Paulette Mastin

City law firms are rallying behind the One Billable Hour campaign, launched by social mobility champions Be the Ladder and law firm Moore Barlow

Commercial and regulatory expert joins education team as associate

Leadership strengthened through newly created chief executive role

Firm bolsters real estate group with new head of disputes

In recent years, the court have ‘displayed more willingness’ to recognise the concept of a duty of good faith in contractual disputes, Abdulali Jiwaji, partner at Signature Litigation, writes in this week’s NLJ. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Braganza has also influenced contractual interpretation, requiring discretionary decisions under contracts to be rational, honest and not arbitrary

What impact will artificial intelligence (AI) have on our jobs? How will it shape the delivery of legal services? In this week’s NLJ, Bernadette Bulacan, chief evangelist, Icertis, writes that ‘the legal industry stands at a pivotal moment for transformation’ as gen AI, autonomous agents and large language models begin ‘reshaping how legal teams operate'

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NLJ this week: When post-breach events rewrite damages claims

Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation

NLJ this week: Supreme Court redraws unfair prejudice rules

The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ

NLJ this week: ‘Joe Donor’ ruling exposes dangers of unregulated conception

The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: CILEX warns Mazur ruling must spark reform

The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Conditional job offers carry hidden risks for employers

A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts

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Profession

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

DWF—Stephen Webb

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little