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Moneypenny is offering a free digital switchboard service to keep law firms talking during the COVID-19 pandemic
Does the recent affirmation that commercial litigation funders could face unlimited costs liability mark the effective end of the Arkin cap? Thomas Wingfield reports
Barristers, solicitors, court staff, judiciary, and all those others who support court users have been praised for working ‘around the clock to explore and deliver extraordinary changes at great pace’
Reforms to whiplash claims are to be delayed for a third time, to April 2021, due to COVID-19, the Lord Chancellor has confirmed
Zoombombers and virtual eavesdroppers are just some of the risks faced by lawyers when working remotely
Atkin Chambers has won a prestigious award for international business success, for a second time
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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Carey Olsen—Patrick Ormond
Partner joinscorporate and finance practice in British Virgin Islands
Dawson Cornwell—Naomi Angell
Firm strengthens children department with adoption and surrogacy expert
Penningtons Manches Cooper—Graham Green
Media and technology expert joins employment team as partner in Cambridge
NEWS
Freezing orders in divorce proceedings can unexpectedly ensnare third parties and disrupt businesses. In NLJ this week, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins explains how these orders—dubbed a ‘nuclear weapon’—preserve assets but can extend far beyond spouses to companies and business partners
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
The winners of the LexisNexis Legal Awards 2026 have now been announced, marking another outstanding celebration of excellence, innovation, and impact across the legal profession
Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
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