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Issue: Vol 168, Issue 7798

21 June 2018
IN THIS ISSUE
Financial Services Tribunal: for justice, for business confidence (Pt 2) Premium Content

Michel Reznik explains why the Financial Services Tribunal will work for the financial services industry & ‘UK plc’

22 June 2018 / Michel Reznik
Leases—why a deed? Premium Content

Mark Pawlowski asks whether we should abolish the formal requirement of a deed for leases

22 June 2018 / Mark Pawlowski
Search warrants: you’re under review... Premium Content

Michael Zander QC distils current Law Commission proposals for a major reform of search warrant law

22 June 2018 / Michael Zander KC
Civil way: 22 June 2018 Premium Content

Wanted: judges! Packages explode. Watch the threats. Secrecy law tightened.

22 June 2018
Weekly law digests Premium Content
22 June 2018
Matrimonial intrigue Premium Content

Geoffrey Bindman QC unravels the curious case of the Duchess of Kingston

22 June 2018 / Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
Judges wanted

The search is on for new employment judges.

22 June 2018
Leaving the farm: Gee v Gee & anor Premium Content

A son whose father made longstanding promises to leave the £8m family farm to him has succeeded in his claim

22 June 2018
Mediation mastery: CIArb Premium Content
22 June 2018
Thorpe scandal revisited
22 June 2018
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Foot Anstey—Jasmine Olomolaiye

Investigations and corporate crime expert joins as partner

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Fieldfisher—Mark Shaw

Veteran funds specialist joins investment funds team

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Taylor Wessing—Stephen Whitfield

Firm enhances competition practice with London partner hire

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NLJ this week: Tightening the screws on JCT terminations
The Supreme Court has delivered a decisive ruling on termination under the JCT Design & Build form. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Singer KC and Jonathan Ward, of Kings Chambers, analyse Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing Association [2026] UKSC 1, which restores the first-instance decision and curbs contractors’ termination rights for repeated late payment
NLJ this week: Old rules, fresh warnings in employment law
Secondments, disciplinary procedures and appeal chaos all feature in a quartet of recent rulings. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, examines how established principles are being tested in modern disputes
NLJ this week: The rise of the ‘ChatGPT client’ rattles the profession
The AI revolution is no longer a distant murmur—it’s at the client’s desk. Writing in NLJ this week, Peter Ambrose, CEO of The Partnership and Legalito, warns that the ‘AI chickens’ have ‘come home to roost’, transforming not just legal practice but the lawyer–client relationship itself
NLJ this week: Surrogacy children caught in succession gap
A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’
NLJ this week: Online safety law at a crossroads
Fresh proposals to criminalise ‘nudification’ apps, prioritise cyberflashing and non-consensual intimate images, and even ban under-16s from social media have reignited debate over whether the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) is fit for purpose. Writing in NLJ this week, Alexander Brown, head of technology, media and telecommunications, and Alexandra Webster, managing associate, Simmons & Simmons, caution against reactive law-making that could undermine the Act’s ‘risk-based and outcomes-focused’ design
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