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NLJ this week: Events without equal as 2023 ends

15 December 2023
Issue: 8053 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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A flurry of legal developments has struck at the very end of 2023, expertly dissected this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan, of City Law School, aka The Insider

From the guideline hourly rates—how do they match up to fees in real life? Prof Regan provides examples—to the two seminal judgments of Churchill (whether courts can order ADR) and TUI v Griffiths (admissibility of evidence not challenged on cross-examination), The Insider provides insight in inimical style.

Prof Regan has also been doing some digging into the intermediate track, courtesy of a tip-off from an astute silk. He writes: ‘There is something insane in the intermediate track fixed recoverable costs regime…’ 

Issue: 8053 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Muckle LLP—Rachael Chapman

Sports, education and charities practice welcomes senior associate

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Ellisons—Carla Jones

Partner and head of commercial litigation joins in Chelmsford

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Freeths—Louise Mahon

Firm strengthens Glasgow corporate practice with partner hire

NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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