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NLJ this week: Reforms & regulations after PACCAR

20 June 2025
Issue: 8121 / Categories: Legal News , Litigation funding , Collective action , Regulatory
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It’s a potentially billion-pound question: how should litigation funding be reformed? The Civil Justice Council (CJC) recently published its proposals, but will these come to pass? In this week’s NLJ, David Greene, NLJ consultant editor and senior partner at Edwin Coe, sets out the issues at play and suggests inspiration be sought from other jurisdictions such as the US, Hong Kong and Singapore

He looks at the CJC recommendations for ‘light touch’ regulation, and for courts to be given ‘discretion to order that the funding costs should be paid by a recalcitrant defendant’. What impact will this have on claimants and defendants?

Greene, NLJ consultant editor, writes: ‘The reversal of PACCAR is straightforward… Many of the other changes require time and commitment.’ 

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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