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In the first of two articles from the barricades, David Burrows reflects on the uneasy relationship between privacy, anonymity & transparency

Dominic Regan gears up for the costs case of the year & considers the tip of an approaching iceberg of litigation against solicitors…

A close reading of last week’s judgment reveals the scale & gravity of the government’s failings in relation to discharging patients to care homes, says John Ford

Geoffrey Bindman explains why the ICC is the appropriate forum for bringing to justice the perpetrators of the war against Ukraine

Jon Robins laments the rise of politicians trying to look tough on crime

An open & rigorous process for dealing with complaints of judicial misconduct is essential to maintaining public trust, says John Gould

Dominic Regan shares his predictions on judicial promotions, & maligns the misery caused by much-misunderstood rules on trial witness statements

David Greene on why 200 years of history dictates that we must be ever watchful of threats to the rule of law, human rights, equality & an equal justice process

After ‘that joke’ & ‘that slap’ at the Oscars, Dr Hannah Saunders considers whether a new approach to appearance equality is needed

Cross-sector initiatives on possession may have brought about a culture change post-pandemic, says Sir Robin Knowles

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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B P Collins—Steven Smith

Partner appointed deputy district judge on South Eastern Circuit

Birketts—Sian Leonard & Stephen Horscroft

Commercial dispute resolution and private client offering expands

McDermott Will & Schulte—Owen Jones

European real estate finance team bolstered by partner hire in London

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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

B P Collins—Steven Smith

Birketts—Sian Leonard & Stephen Horscroft

McDermott Will & Schulte—Owen Jones