Legal News

It is time to expand the Family Drug and Alcohol Court (FDAC), Lord Peter Jackson has urged.

Want to help shape the future of environmental, social and governance (ESG) law? Then join the Young ESG Professionals Network (YESGPN), launched this month by Iris Karaman and Kate Chan, both associates at international firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman.

The Law Commission has published its first consultation paper on the right to renew business tenancies under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954. 

Freezing injunctions are 50 years old next year and still very much a developing area of law. In this week’s NLJ, Mary Young, partner, and Charlotte Dormon, associate, in the dispute resolution team at Kingsley Napley, take us through a raft of cases decided this year. 

Should an immoral regime rise to power, it is tempting to think lawyers and the rule of law would act as a protective wall. But is this true? Sadly, history suggests not, as John Gould, chair of Russell-Cooke, writes in this week’s NLJ.

The remedy of ‘specific performance’ is little-used but can be ‘extremely beneficial’ in M&A disputes. In this week’s NLJ, Yasseen Gailani, partner, and Megan Hiluta, senior associate, Quinn Emanuel, explain why looking beyond the remedy of damages may pay dividends for clients.

Retired costs judge John O’Hare discusses ADR in three contexts, in this week’s NLJ. He covers cases provisionally allocated to the small claims track, commercial litigation in the County Court, and claims opposed by liability insurers or by large self-insuring organisations such as local authorities or health authorities.

Ambiguity over the governing law of arbitration agreements continues to spark debate. In July, meanwhile, the government reintroduced the Arbitration Bill, which would have altered the outcome in September of the Supreme Court case, UniCredit. In this week’s NLJ, Valya Georgieva, senior associate, Penningtons Manches Cooper, and Ravi Aswani, barrister, 36 Group, examine the court’s reasoning and consider how the outcome might have differed if the Arbitration Bill, currently before Parliament, had been in force.

The Supreme Court has clarified the role of ‘bad faith’ in invalidating trademarks, in a dispute between a broadcaster and IT company over the word ‘Sky’.

Solicitors could lose their right to handle client money, following the Axiom Ince debacle.