THIS ISSUE
No dancing in the dark; whistleblowing ears; powers of attorney fail test; costs management escape.
Caroline Shea QC & Gavin Bennison help unravel the complex triage that is receivers, agency & possession
Getting personal: Peter Vaines reports on IR35 personal service companies
Nicholas Dobson analyses the recent decision extending protection to those who blow the whistle while on the Bench
With a general election approaching, taking back control of your browser data is essential, say Moga Moodley & Malcolm Dowden
Dan Reed reports on the brave new world of enterprise legal services
Vijay Ganapathy & Claire Spearpoint discuss the role family members can play in legal proceedings involving their relatives
Poor processes open the door to money launderers, warns SRA
Clarity & transparency sought in face of cover-up culture
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Kadie Bennett, Anthony Collins
Kadie Bennett, senior associate at Anthony Collins and chair of the Resolution West Midlands Group, discusses her long-standing passion for family law and calls for unity in the profession
Osborne Clarke—Lara Burch
Firm appoints new UK senior partner for 2026
Keoghs—Louise Jackson & Katie Everson
Healthcare and sports legal team expands in the north west
NEWS
Lawyers and users of the business and property courts are invited to share their views on disclosure, in particular the operation of PD 57AD and the use of Technology Assisted Review (TAR) and artificial intelligence (AI)
Social media giants should face tortious liability for the psychological harms their platforms inflict, argues Harry Lambert of Outer Temple Chambers in this week’s NLJ
Ian Gascoigne of LexisNexis dissects the uneasy balance between open justice and confidentiality in England’s civil courts, in this week's NLJ. From public hearings to super-injunctions, he identifies five tiers of privacy—from fully open proceedings to entirely secret ones—showing how a patchwork of exceptions has evolved without clear design
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024—once heralded as a breakthrough—has instead plunged leaseholders into confusion, warns Shabnam Ali-Khan of Russell-Cooke in this week’s NLJ
The Employment Appeal Tribunal has now confirmed that offering a disabled employee a trial period in an alternative role can itself be a 'reasonable adjustment' under the Equality Act 2010: in this week's NLJ, Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve analyses the evolving case law
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