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Ring the bells & sound the drums: the fixed costs rules are almost here. Dominic Regan provides the lowdown on what to expect & how to prepare

Recent years have shown how quickly fortunes can change: Stephen Gerlis makes the case for regular reviews of maintenance payments in private family law

Roger Smith sets out a vision for a national legal aid service—& how we might go about funding it

Professor Graham Zellick KC considers the use of the designation KC by honorary silks

A decade after the ruinous cuts brought about by LASPO 2012, what is the extent of the impact on the legal aid sector? Jon Robins surveys the wreckage

The Civil Justice Council has issued its final word on costs reform: Dominic Regan runs through the changes to guideline hourly rates & costs management

How have Sir Rupert Jackson’s ground-breaking reforms to civil procedure fared ten years on? Dominic Regan considers the work done & the work to come

Does Dominic Raab’s departure finally spell the end for the Bill of Rights Bill? Geoffrey Bindman KC urges the government to undo the lurking threat to human rights protection

While nitrous oxide abuse is no joke, is criminalising the drug the right move? Dr Michael Harrison & Dr Olubunmi Onafuwa caution against a heavy-handed approach to the laughing gas problem

Is the absence of regulation enjoyed by litigation funders coming to an end? David Greene examines the ever-closer attention of regulators worldwide

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Osbornes Law—Melissa Arnold

London firm expands family team with experienced partner hire

Fladgate— Tatiana Menshenina & Timi Balogun

Firm strengthens international disputes offering with dual partner hire

SA Law—Kiran Beeharry

Joint head of family law appointed

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Court delays weigh heavily on children

Chronic delays, duplication of work, cancelled hearings and inefficiencies in the family law courts are letting children and victims of domestic abuse down, a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) inquiry has found

NLJ this week: Redrawing boundaries for fiduciary duties and motor finance claims

Ceri Morgan, knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, analyses the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, which reshapes the law of fiduciary relationships and common law bribery

NLJ this week: BBC’s open justice bid fails in care proceedings

The boundaries of media access in family law are scrutinised by Nicholas Dobson in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Parliamentary privilege—shield or sword?

Reflecting on personal experience, Professor Graham Zellick KC, Senior Master of the Bench and former Reader of the Middle Temple, questions the unchecked power of parliamentary privilege

NLJ this week: Litigation funding must serve justice, not failure

Geoff Dover, managing director at Heirloom Fair Legal, sets out a blueprint for ethical litigation funding in the wake of high-profile law firm collapses

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Opinion

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Osbornes Law—Melissa Arnold

Fladgate— Tatiana Menshenina & Timi Balogun

SA Law—Kiran Beeharry