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Richard Buckley considers the affluent (water companies) and the effluent (sewage disgustingly discharged into public waterways) in this week’s NLJ

The Law Commission has outlined a series of potential reforms to co-operatives and community benefit societies, including revised statutory definitions

Boosting government investment in the civil legal aid system could create spin-off savings in other sectors, a Law Society-commissioned study by Frontier Economics has calculated

Peers have called for a major overhaul of public inquiries—which they dub ‘frequently too long and expensive, leading to a loss of public confidence and protracted trauma’

The Procurement Act 2023 will now be implemented on 24 February 2025, four months later than the previous October deadline, the government confirmed last week

England & Wales is the world’s leading legal centre for arbitration & commercial dispute resolution, while English law governs trillions of pounds worth of international deals, according to a report

Public funding for justice has fallen by more than one-fifth in 13 years, Bar Council-commissioned research has shown
Neil Parpworth on why maiden speeches in the House of Commons are a continuing unnecessary distraction

With hundreds of newbies occupying the green benches, Westminster has been treated to a torrent of maiden speeches

A report by the Bar Council and Access to Justice Foundation into the value of free specialist legal advice has identified huge potential savings for the government

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Sackers—Zak Ullah

Sackers—Zak Ullah

Sackers welcomes new associate

Christy Davies—Birmingham Law Society

Christy Davies—Birmingham Law Society

Ward Hadaway lawyer joins Birmingham Law Society Council

Ellisons—Stephanie Westwood & Anisa Khan

Ellisons—Stephanie Westwood & Anisa Khan

Ellisons expands Chelmsford commercial litigation team with two appointments

NEWS
Businesses incorporating open-source software into commercial products could face obligations to disclose valuable source code, with AI-assisted development making licensing risks harder to track
Careless client checks do not automatically make a solicitor dishonest, but deliberately avoiding confirmation of suspected wrongdoing can cross the line
Construction workers injured in comparable accidents can face sharply different routes to compensation on opposite sides of the Atlantic
Victims of undue influence may have more options than simply unwinding a tainted transaction, with courts able to order profits accounts, compensation and, exceptionally, severance
Disabled people could lose vital safeguards following the Supreme Court’s reversal of the Cheshire West test for deprivation of liberty, two barristers warn
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