THIS ISSUE
E-wills: Roderick Ramage asks whether we can have the future now
TUPE & multiple transferees: whither the fate of the employment contract? John McMullen reports
CPR: latest dose; Rolls up for a party!
Why are so many firms stumbling their way to failure when it comes to applications for relief? Stephen Averill provides some answers
Barrister Philip Rule examines the relationship between false imprisonment & Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights
Geoffrey Bindman QC breaks the spell of witchcraft
Significant & immediate investment is needed across the board to ensure the criminal justice system serves everyone, says Mark Cotter QC
Beth Bell considers the lawfulness & usefulness of covert recordings in family cases
A judge was right to strike out a claim for occupational deafness where proceedings were launched while the employer company was dissolved, the Court of Appeal has held
How to find the best IT suppliers for your next generation software. A guide for Practice Managers tasked with pulling together a short-list, by Brian Welsh, CEO at Insight Legal
MOVERS & SHAKERS
WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea
Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires
Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew
Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires
Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth
Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions
NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
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