Legal News

In this week’s NLJ, Ian Smith traces the latest trend in the employment tribunal as a common theme in three recent cases, covering termination by agreement, time limits and the form of judgments

Fluent Japanese speaker, Yorkshire-born Nick Emmerson has been inaugurated as the Law Society’s 179th president

Client confidentiality is generally seen as absolute with very limited exceptions, but tough ethical dilemmas can still arise, as Iain Miller, partner, & Charlotte Judd, senior associate, Kingsley Napley discuss in this week’s NLJ, complete with some alarming examples

The litigation funding industry had a shock when the Supreme Court delivered its ruling in PACCAR Inc v Competition Appeal Tribunal. But what’s the extent of the damage?

Barristers have a legal right to see the accounts of their Inns of Court, Professor Michael Zander asserts in this week’s NLJ. He believes this is the legal situation, and would like to hear from anyone at the Bar or the Inns who may know about an 1871 pleadings, Roffey v Wigg, which never came to judgment, as this will help solve the mystery

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has updated its guidance for prosecutors on the public interest considerations when dealing with ‘mercy killings’ and failed suicide pacts

It is ‘a matter of fundamental principle’ that individuals can ‘readily understand what goes on in our courts and tribunals’, Lady Chief Justice Carr has said in her inaugural speech

The Law Society marked World Mental Health Day this week by calling for a government commitment to introducing the Mental Health Bill in the King’s Speech in November

Family lawyers’ group Resolution has welcomed the Labour Party’s commitment to reforming the law for cohabiting couples

Lawyers’ views are sought on proposed reforms that would allow wills to be made and stored electronically and on automatic revocation after marriage