With an uncertain number of costs challenges on the horizon, Dominic Regan’s advice: explain everything to the client or suffer the consequences
Dominic Bright provides an overview of the challenges & consequences of the government’s move to end ‘no-fault’ evictions
What if you advise your client to pursue arbitration, only for them to receive an unfavourable result? Amy Fox weighs up the pros & cons of arbitration in family cases
Michael Zander considers the extremely controversial EU (Withdrawal) (No 5) Bill
LETS not bother; pilot flies wide; blow for estate agents
What are the benefits of the alternative business structure, & is it right for you? Michael Burne provides a rundown of the ABS route
Geoffrey Bindman provides an insider’s perspective on a claim of judicial bias
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Forbes Solicitors—Stephen Barnfield
Regulatory team boosted by partner hire amid rising health and safety demand
Arc Pensions Law—Kris Weber
Legal director promoted to partner at specialist pensions firm
Clarke Willmott—Jonathan Cree
Residential development capability expands with partner hire in Birmingham
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
