THIS ISSUE
Lawyers must bill time & collect fees promptly to maintain cash flow
Lord Chief Justice confirms plans for specialist judges
Conveyancers not subject to outright ban
New procedure for recovery of commercial rent
Castle Trust to launch "partnership mortgage"
Law Society challenges government proposals
CAAT instructs solicitor to challenge FRC's decision
New website for charity
Subject access requests code of practice is published
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Hamlins—Maddox Legal
London firm announces acquisition of corporate team
Ward Hadaway—Nik Tunley
Head of corporate appointed following Teesside merger
Taylor Rose—Russell Jarvis
Firm expands into banking and finance sector with newly appointed head of banking
NEWS
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) continues to stir controversy across civil litigation, according to NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School—AKA ‘The insider’
SRA v Goodwin is a rare disciplinary decision where a solicitor found to have acted dishonestly avoided being struck off, says Clare Hughes-Williams of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) imposed a 12-month suspension instead, citing medical evidence and the absence of harm to clients
In their latest Family Law Brief for NLJ, Ellie Hampson-Jones and Carla Ditz of Stewarts review three key family law rulings, including the latest instalment in the long-running saga of Potanin v Potanina
The Asian International Arbitration Centre’s sweeping reforms through its AIAC Suite of Rules 2026, unveiled at Asia ADR Week, are under examination in this week's NLJ by John (Ching Jack) Choi of Gresham Legal
In this week's issue of NLJ, Yasseen Gailani and Alexander Martin of Quinn Emanuel report on the High Court’s decision in Skatteforvaltningen (SKAT) v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors [2025], where Denmark’s tax authority failed to recover £1.4bn in disputed dividend tax refunds
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