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Can industry culture in financial services be changed? Guy Micklewright looks at a variety of proposals

Graham Zellick KC asks: what does this sorry tale say about our justice system?

We are in unprecedented territory, writes Lord Carter of Haslemere. So what will our courts do next?

Government proposals to introduce radical reform in the leaseholder’s favour will have a huge impact on practitioners when acting for landlords, says Shabnam Ali-Khan

Dominic Regan brings good news for frustrated juniors, extols the wisdom of Woolf & Jackson, & admires the common-sense approach of the Lady Chief Justice

The new identification principle should make it easier to successfully prosecute companies. But what if the difficulties are based on a misdiagnosis, asks Maia Cohen-Lask

Does Nick Ephgrave’s appointment herald a new era for the Serious Fraud Office? Lucy Blake predicts the beleaguered SFO may be about to change tack

Litigation funders rejoice as the Lords step in to solve their woes. Dominic Regan serves up the inside story on this, as well as some particularly thrilling judgments

Probate delays cost money, cause distress & have collapsed house sales. Helen Stewart makes some suggestions

Churchill has confirmed a court may order ADR, but we need more believers, says David Burrows

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Penningtons Manches Cooper—Robert Dransfield

London medical negligence practice strengthened by senior partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—seven appointments

Firm boosts professional risk practice with team hire in Manchester, led by partner Ben Parks

Doyle Clayton—Benedicte Perowne

Workplace law firm appoints new head of regulatory team

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NLJ this week: Driving test fraudsters steer towards jail

Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year

NLJ this week: Deepfakes demand data law muscle

As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR

NLJ this week: 40% penalty for coercive control

In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473

NLJ this week: Mbappé row spotlights ‘ethics bonuses’

A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law

NLJ this week: CPR tweak closes third-party disclosure gap

A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing

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Opinion

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Penningtons Manches Cooper—Robert Dransfield

DAC Beachcroft—seven appointments

Doyle Clayton—Benedicte Perowne