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Family set welcomes children and Court of Protection specialist
The way judges are selected will change in October, when the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) implements the Judicial Skills and Abilities Framework (JSAF)
Construction team welcomes legal director to Manchester office
Former ICO director joins as head of cyber investigations
Chambers strengthens ADR team with senior judicial appointment
Firm expands beyond the North with first Midlands location
Solicitor and entrepreneur Dana Denis-Smith has been elected Law Society deputy vice president
Sean Xue has won the 2025 International Law Book Facility’s undergraduate essay competition with his thought-provoking analysis of the future of the rule of law

What will be the challenges to the rule of law in the next 20 years? Sean Xue addresses this question in his winning essay for the International Law Book Facility’s law undergraduate essay competition 2025

Matthew Tuff, president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL), discusses his long-held fascination for personal injury law, the need for greater accessibility & his adventures off the beaten track with NLJ

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Haynes Boone—Jeremy Cross

Firm strengthens global fund finance practice with London partner hire.

DWF—Stephen Webb

DWF—Stephen Webb

Partner and head of national planning team appointed

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

mfg Solicitors—Nick Little

Corporate team expands in Birmingham with partner hire

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