Legal News

Law reform to give more rights to cohabiting couples has been on the campaign agenda for a long time, but is a blanket approach best? In this week’s NLJ, Caroline Bowden, consultant at Anthony Gold, looks at the difference between couples who have chosen not to legally regulate their relationship, and those where one partner has economic power and the other does not.

Lawyers have warned the government’s immigration white paper could hike costs for employers and lead to labour shortages.

Mergers and acquisitions are out and marginal gains are in, according to the Bellwether Report 2025.

Lawyers have uncovered a major inheritance tax oversight affecting thousands of families of victims of the infected blood scandal

The professional title ‘CILEX Chartered Paralegal’ has received the royal seal of approval—but not the congratulations of Chancery Lane.

The Lady Chief Justice, Baroness Carr, has paid tribute to Lord Etherton, who passed away last week at the age of 73.

Peter Sullivan has had his conviction quashed, after serving 38 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Mr Justice Ritchie has reminded lawyers ‘it is wholly improper to put fake cases in a pleading’, in R (Ayinde) v London Borough of Haringey [2025] EWHC 1040 (Admin). 

Two new Law Commissioners have been appointed. 

One of the largest class action cases ever filed has been launched against Microsoft in the UK, alleging overcharging on software licences