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An all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on access to justice will be launched in Parliament by the Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk on 20 June.

In tort, quantifying the extent of financial loss is a complex task for the courts. In this week’s NLJ, Ian Gascoigne, dispute resolution solicitor at LexisNexis, looks at the role played by the judge in such a case, considering caselaw and the many factors that must be taken into account.

Litigation funding is evolving beyond single-case litigation, Maurice MacSweeney, director of legal finance & sales planning at Harbour, writes in this week’s NLJ.

Ten years after LASPO—what’s the damage? In his column in this week’s NLJ, Jon Robins, vice chair of the Legal Action Group, assesses the state of access to justice in England and Wales, and finds it wanting.

Could a legal claim for reparations for the transatlantic slave trade succeed? Thomas Roe KC of 3 Hare Court considers a range of possibilities and potential obstacles to such a claim, in this week’s NLJ.

Complainants in rape and sexual offences cases could have an automatic right to give evidence in private or via a live link, under an overhaul of the rules.

Foreign companies which own UK property may owe fines of almost £1bn for failing to comply with a new law, a solicitor has warned.

Barbara Mills KC has been elected vice chair of the Bar Council for 2024.

A further 86 individuals and entities have been sanctioned by the UK.

A trainee solicitor has won a breach of contract claim against his former firm after it changed the office location days before his start date.

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