Legal News

An embargoed judgment that was automatically forwarded to a claimant’s husband’s email is a ‘warning to all solicitors’

The High Court has given two environmental health groups permission to apply to intervene in the Dieselgate litigation, and given them protection from costs

The Law Society’s 200th anniversary tour of the country rolled into London this week

Top 100 UK law firm Hugh James is marking its 65th anniversary with a celebration of its transformation from a small Cardiff practice into a national legal force with over 700 employees across Cardiff, London, Manchester, and the South Coast

Mark your calendars: Pro Bono Week 2025 will take place across the UK from 3 to 7 November

A family nonprofit for women unable to access legal aid is growing from ‘humble beginnings’ in a small room to offices in a purpose-built women’s centre in Hull

High stakes litigation requires careful media management, writes James Lynch, partner, Maltin PR, in this week’s NLJ

Jonathan Fisher KC was asked to lead an independent review into disclosure and fraud offences in the paper-heavy digital era, following the collapse of high-profile fraud prosecutions due to disclosure failings. In this week’s NLJ, Neil Swift, partner, Fred Kelly, senior associate, and Zainab Bhadelia, associate, Peters & Peters, present a thorough analysis and critique of Fisher KC’s findings and recommendations

It’s a potentially billion-pound question: how should litigation funding be reformed? The Civil Justice Council (CJC) recently published its proposals, but will these come to pass? In this week’s NLJ, David Greene, NLJ consultant editor and senior partner at Edwin Coe, sets out the issues at play and suggests inspiration be sought from other jurisdictions such as the US, Hong Kong and Singapore

The rules and regulations on debanking (where a bank terminates its relationship with a customer) are due to change next year. In this week’s NLJ, David Hamilton, partner at Howard Kennedy, sets out the likely changes and explores the implications for payment services firms