THIS ISSUE
Delays in employment cases have hit a record high as overburdened tribunals struggle to deal with the volume of claims, lawyers have warned.
Judges can grant public access to all written materials in the court bundle, the Supreme Court has held.
Equality laws must tackle institutional and systemic discrimination rather than relying on individual litigation to create precedents, an approach that ‘dates back to the 1960s’, MPs have said.
The standard of proof used for professional misconduct proceedings for solicitors has officially changed to ‘balance of probabilities’—the civil standard.
Criminal barrister Robert Buckland QC began work as Lord Chancellor this week, replacing David Gauke.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Slater Heelis—Probate & Court of Protection team
Slater Heelis brings Probate and Court of Protection expertise together with new dedicated team
Clarke Willmott—Antonia Power
Antonia Power joins Clarke Willmott in Taunton
Haynes Boone—Chris Acton
Chris Acton joins Haynes Boone as chair of UK derivatives platform
NEWS
A former senior judge has warned peers against scrapping juries for fraud and financial crimes, ahead of the Courts and Tribunals Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords this week
Civil practitioners face changes spanning debt recovery, workplace harassment and possession claims, alongside guidance on insolvency challenges and children proceedings
Finding matrimonial wealth is as challenging as dividing it, as family disputes draw practitioners into asset tracing, offshore structures and insolvency
Agreement between opponents offers no guarantee that a court will approve a retrospective increase to a costs budget
Climate change belongs on every lawyer’s agenda, with risks extending far beyond environmental practice into commercial advice, litigation and access to justice
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