THIS ISSUE
Chloe Mulroy shares a short guide to the dos & don’ts of legal indemnity insurance
Charles Auld & Kate Harrington trace the introduction, construction & interpretation of s 146 notices
Leasehold conveyancing: how rogue managing agents can cause delays. Veronica Cowan reports
The Court of Appeal has warned solicitors not to duplicate the work done by counsel, after drastically reducing recoverable costs in an appeal against a costs order.
Employers who enhance maternity pay for women do not discriminate against men taking shared parental leave at lower rates, the Court of Appeal has held.
Potential special guardians for children submitted at a late stage in proceedings ‘must be realistic and not merely a trawl through all possible options’, the President of the Family Division has said.
For property solicitors, the intricacies of legal indemnity insurance ‘can often get lost in translation’, says legal indemnity executive and former underwriter Chloe Mulroy.
Conservative leadership candidate Boris Johnson MP has been summonsed to court over accusations of three offences of misconduct in public office, a District Judge has held.
Criminal barristers are voting on whether to stage a ‘whole profession walkout’ on 1 July over prosecution and defence fees
Court of Protection specialist comes on board as consultant
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson
Daniel Burbeary, office managing partner of Michelman Robinson, discusses launching in London, the power of the law, and what the kitchen can teach us about litigating
Sidley—Jeremy Trinder
Global finance group strengthened by returning partner in London
Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor
West End firm strengthens employment and immigration team with partner hire
NEWS
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
The long-running Mazur saga edged towards its finale as the Court of Appeal heard arguments on whether non-solicitors can ‘conduct litigation’. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School reports from a packed courtroom where 16 wigs watched Nick Bacon KC argue that Mr Justice Sheldon had failed to distinguish between ‘tasks and responsibilities’
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473
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