Legal aid is hard to get, but the numbers applying for exceptional funding are still low. In this week’s ‘Civil way’, NLJ columnist and former district judge Stephen Gold urges lawyers to apply
How does the UK attract investment in renewables? In this week’s NLJ, James Rogers, partner, and Jonathan P Cowe, associate, Jenner & Block, argue the UK’s withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty weakens legal protection for investors therefore potentially deters investors in clean energy
Time-travelling (for purposes of calculating the national minimum wage), successive fixed-terms contracts, a ‘pool of one’ redundancy and ‘economic activity’ are all covered in this week’s NLJ employment brief
Beware the rise in wasted costs applications! A lawyer’s nightmare is recurring with ever-more horrifying frequency
InfoTrack has announced the return of the Digital Conveyancing Summit in 2024, doubling capacity for London ticket holders
Mental health charity Mind BWW received a boost this week, thanks to drug, alcohol and DNA testing laboratory AlphaBiolabs’ Giving Back campaign
Three forms of contempt of court would be created under reforms proposed by the Law Commission
Lord Justice Holroyde lamented the lack of progress on the backlog of cases, in the annual review of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, published last week
‘Slow or sloppy’ title change applications from conveyancers are making HM Land Registry delays worse and creating compliance risks, the Council of Licensed Conveyancers (CLC) warned last week
Corporate and commercial teams in Cardiff boosted by dual partner hire
London hires tolead UK launch of international finance team
Firm marks start of year with firmwide promotions round