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A rash game? David Greene reflects on recent events & predicts the legal highs & lows in the year ahead

A crisis of culture: the legal sector risks losing talented lawyers who don’t fit the traditional mould, says CILEX Chair Professor Chris Bones

Michael Zander QC considers the Justice Secretary’s plans for a modern Bill of Rights

Jon Robins considers the origins & consequences of the sentencing fiasco that was imprisonment for public protection

Feeling starstruck? Dominic Regan sizes up the Master of the Rolls & takes shelter from recent grenades tossed into the world of costs management

Lack of diversity on the bench has persisted despite the best efforts of legislators & the legal profession: Geoffrey Bindman asks what more can be done

Lawyers will play a key role in safeguarding the future, writes Andrew Whitehead

Matthew Smith gets under the skin of the government’s concerns about judicial overreach

Is the law in place to protect people who are forcibly displaced by environmental disaster? Sharmistha Michaels investigates

John Gould examines the troubling implications for privacy & the rule of law when vast swathes of information are released in the name of transparency

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Sidley—James Inness

Partner joins capital markets team in London office

Haynes Boone—William Cecil

Firm announces appointment of partner as UK general counsel

Devonshires—Nicholas Barrows

Firm appoints first chief marketing officer to drive growth strategy

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NLJ this week: Appeal court reins in ‘wrong defendant’ switcheroo

The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ

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

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Opinion

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Sidley—James Inness

Haynes Boone—William Cecil

Devonshires—Nicholas Barrows