header-logo header-logo

Civil way: 20 September 2024

20 September 2024 / Stephen Gold
Issue: 8086 / Categories: Features , Procedure & practice , Civil way , Employment , Family , Brexit , EU
printer mail-detail
Plenty of tips; Less conduct on divorce; Latest CPR changes; 171st CPR PD update

TIPPING MENU

Appetisers If you fail to recognise your waiter or waitress, it will be because of the broad smile on their face. The man choking at the corner table is an employment tribunal judge, whose friend has just texted with the advice that if he is going to retire, doing it within the next couple of months would be wise. And the solicitor behind you who has ordered the 25-course tasting menu with recommended wines for each is celebrating the addition of tipping claims to their niche practice of flight delay, PPI and car finance commission (which could

If you are not a subscriber, subscribe now to read this content
If you are already a subscriber sign in
...or Register for two weeks' free access to subscriber content

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Ben Daniels, DAC Beachcroft

NLJ Career Profile: Ben Daniels, DAC Beachcroft

Ben Daniels, newly elected as the next senior partner of DAC Beachcroft, reflects on his leadership inspiration and considers an impish alternative career

Osbornes Law—Lee Henderson

Osbornes Law—Lee Henderson

Family team bolstered by latest partner hire

Freeths—Graeme Danby & John Jeffreys

Freeths—Graeme Danby & John Jeffreys

Firms strengthens national restructuring and insolvency practice with leadership appointments

NEWS
In NLJ this week, Ian Smith, emeritus professor at UEA, explores major developments in employment law from the Supreme Court and appellate courts
Writing in NLJ this week, Kamran Rehman and Harriet Campbell of Penningtons Manches Cooper examine Operafund Eco-Invest SICAV plc v Spain, where the Commercial Court held that ICSID and Energy Charter Treaty awards cannot be assigned
Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School highlights a turbulent end to 2025 in the civil courts, from the looming appeal in Mazur to judicial frustration with ever-expanding bundles, in his final NLJ 'The insider' column of the year
Antonia Glover of Quinn Emanuel outlines sweeping transparency reforms following the work of the Transparency and Open Justice Board in this week's NLJ
In Ward v Rai, the High Court reaffirmed that imprecise points of dispute can and will be struck out. Writing in NLJ this week, Amy Dunkley of Bolt Burdon Kemp reports on the decision and its implications for practitioners
back-to-top-scroll