THIS ISSUE
Veronica Cowan explains why the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority is in the dock
Increase in number of cohabiting families underscores need for reform
Cogent evidence & sound reasons needed to support applications
A man who stabbed a police dog in the face has become the first person to receive a prison sentence under Finn’s Law.
Law firm owners or co-owners with EEA or EFTA qualifications will need to re-qualify, re-register or restructure their business before Brexit if the UK leaves with no deal, the government has warned.
The FDA trade union, which represents lawyers in the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), has handed the prime minister nearly 900 letters from the public calling on him to save the UK’s criminal justice system.
Bar Council elections will go electronic only in October.
The Judicial Diversity Committee has launched a support programme for those interested in applying to be s 9(4) Deputy High Court Judges.
Despite ongoing global economic uncertainties, the UK’s legal services sector boomed in the first six months of 2019, according to Office for National Statistics data published last week.
The Law Society is urging solicitors to write to the new Lord Chancellor about access to justice.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
University of Manchester: The LLM driving tech-focused career growth
Manchester’s online LLM has accelerated career progression for its graduates
mfg Solicitors—Philip Chapman
Regional firm strengthens corporate team with partner hire
Switalskis—Sally Christey, Mathew Abiagom & Cyman Kaur
Commercial property team expands with trio of appointments
NEWS
Judging is ‘more intellectually demanding than any other role in public life’—and far messier than outsiders imagine. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC reflects on decades spent wrestling with unclear legislation, fragile precedent and human fallibility
The long-predicted death of the billable hour may finally be here—and this time, it’s armed with a scythe. In a sweeping critique of time-based billing, Ian McDougall, president of the LexisNexis Rule of Law Foundation, argues in this week's NLJ that artificial intelligence has made hourly charging ‘intellectually, commercially and ethically indefensible’
From fake authorities to rent reform, the civil courts have had a busy start to 2026. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold surveys a procedural landscape where guidance, discretion and discipline are all under strain
Fact-finding hearings remain a fault line in private family law. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Rylatt and Robyn Laye of Anthony Gold Solicitors analyse recent appeals exposing the dangers of rushed or fragmented findings
As the Winter Olympics open in Milan and Cortina, legal disputes are once again being resolved almost as fast as the athletes compete. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Ian Blackshaw of Valloni Attorneys examines the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s (CAS's) ad hoc divisions, which can decide cases within 24 hours
Copyright © 2026 LexisNexis
