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Jennifer James fails to find justice at the check-out queue

Is there a route to justice for victims of internet libel, asks Peter Thompson QC

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

HLE blogger Elaine Freer defends the criminal justice system

Dominic Regan delves into the sometimes illogical world of vicarious liability law

James Wilson remembers one of New Zealand’s most infamous true crimes

Philip Coppel QC looks into the Lord of Appeal who brought Atkin’s Court Forms into being 75 years ago

Tom Bell debates the pros & cons of disapplying CPR 36.14

James Wilson examines the battle to reveal Harold Godwinson’s resting place

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Red Lion Chambers—Maurice MacSweeney

Set creates new client and business development role amid growth

Kingsley Napley—Tim Lowles

Kingsley Napley—Tim Lowles

Sports disputes practice launchedwith partner appointment

mfg Solicitors—Tom Evans

mfg Solicitors—Tom Evans

Tax and succession planning offering expands with returning partner

NEWS
The rank of King’s Counsel (KC) has been awarded to 96 barristers, and no solicitors, in the latest silk round
Can a chief constable be held responsible for disobedient officers? Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth, professor of public law at De Montfort University, examines a Court of Appeal ruling that answers firmly: yes
Early determination is no longer a novelty in arbitration. In NLJ this week, Gustavo Moser, arbitration specialist lawyer at Lexis+, charts the global embrace of summary disposal powers, now embedded in the Arbitration Act 1996 and mirrored worldwide. Tribunals may swiftly dismiss claims with ‘no real prospect of succeeding’, but only if fairness is preserved
The Ministry of Justice is once again in the dock as access to justice continues to deteriorate. NLJ consultant editor David Greene warns in this week's issue that neither public legal aid nor private litigation funding looks set for a revival in 2026
Civil justice lurches onward with characteristic eccentricity. In his latest Civil Way column, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist, surveys a procedural landscape featuring 19-page bundle rules, digital possession claims, and rent laws he labels ‘bonkers’
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