Legal News

The dispute over football celebrity Gary Lineker’s tweets captured the public imagination and backfired spectacularly on the BBC, but what if Lineker had been an employee? In this week’s NLJ, Charles Pigott, professional support lawyer, Mills & Reeve, looks into whether employers have rights to restrict their employee’s tweets or other private expressions of opinion.

Pre-nuptial contracts have been challenged in court, and survived, in the recent case of M v A. In this week’s NLJ, Sarah Jane Lenihan and Laura Couves, of Dawson Cornwell, look at the case in depth. 

Housing lawyers have expressed concerns about the forthcoming Renter’s Reform Bill, which will abolish no-fault evictions and reform landlord possession grounds.

Employment lawyers have expressed concerns about government proposals to limit non-compete clauses and water down the Working Time Regulations (WTR).

Private client solicitors may need to review clients’ wills and legacies as a result of the Finance Bill, the Law Society has warned.

LawCare, the mental health and wellbeing charity for the legal profession, wants to get the legal profession talking about anxiety.

Legal expenses insurance can play a vital role in maintaining access to justice and should be promoted more, according to the Association of Consumer Support Organisations (ACSO).

UK legal sector turnover increased by 20.8% in March to its highest figure on record of £4.16bn, according to the latest Office for National Statistics figures released this week

CILEX lawyers with at least seven years’ experience will be eligible to become recorders, judges of the Upper Tribunal and deputy judges of the Upper Tribunal, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed.

Ten years ago, Sir Rupert Jackson’s civil costs review was a seismic event. How well have the ground-breaking reforms fared since? NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan takes a look at the Jackson legacy.