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You may not have encountered the weight test for works of civil practice and procedure. It involves the carrier throwing at you the constituent parts contained in a cardboard box and seeing whether you fall over.

Geoffrey Bindman is reminded of the fine balance between judicial independence & democracy

Dr David Hewitt will be a name familiar to most NLJ readers, especially mental health lawyers.

Jennifer James considers the Cameron-Clegg alliance in the light of other famous double acts

Dominic Regan suggests how to avoid some common pitfalls

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

The elegant words of Maitland 100 years ago describing trusts as an institute of great elasticity and generality and as the most distinctive achievement of English lawyers, can no longer be taken to be the whole story.

This week’s Insider column was going to be an Up Pompeii spoof, with Lurcio the slave up to various high jinks in the house of Bruno Maximus (thereby getting in a few digs at our beloved, or at least beleaguered, leader).

Dominic Regan delves into a selection of gems from the English Law Reports

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary by Roderick Ramage

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Fieldfisher—Will Sharp

Fieldfisher—Will Sharp

Fieldfisher boosts structured finance practice with appointment of Will Sharp

gunnercooke—Thomas Bjorn & Peter Rudd-Clarke

gunnercooke—Thomas Bjorn & Peter Rudd-Clarke

gunnercooke grows its life sciences team with new partner hires

Leonard Curtis Legal—Mark Maguire & Kane Jones

Leonard Curtis Legal—Mark Maguire & Kane Jones

Leonard Curtis Legal expands corporate team with twonew appointments

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
The Environment Agency can prosecute offences beyond environmental legislation where proceedings support its statutory functions, the Divisional Court has confirmed
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
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