THIS ISSUE
Lewisham Council appoints new director of law
Professor Mayson’s ‘Reforming Legal Services’ report was ‘too generous about the Byzantine structures’ of professional regulation, John Gould, senior partner, Russell Cooke, writes in this week’s NLJ
While letting may seem an easy way to make money, tenants could find themselves in legal difficulty.
The High Court has made two unusual pre-trial orders within the space of a fortnight, indicating that parties ‘need not resign themselves to the cost and delay’ of side issues, barristers Daniel Lightman QC & Stephanie Thompson, of Serle Court, write in this week’s NLJ
Judges are ‘making decisions that should be made by a democratically elected parliament or government’, barrister and author Dr Michael Arnheim argues in this week’s NLJ
The widespread misery caused to society’s poorest by the COVID-19 crisis is highlighted in this week's issue by Keith Wilding, a retired fee-paid tribunal judge, and Sue Bent, chief executive of the Central England Law Centre
First-ever legal executive appointed chair of national family justice body
Daniel Lightman QC & Stephanie Thompson put the case for a robust approach to costly side issues
John Gould applauds Professor Mayson for his attempt to detangle the regulation of title & the regulation of activity
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Switalskis—five appointments
Firm expands national abuse compensation team
Mathys & Squire—nine promotions
IP firm announces new partners and senior promotions across UK offices
Carey Olsen—five promotions
Carey Olsen promotes five lawyers to the partnership
NEWS
Executors may be overlooking billions of pounds in estate assets hidden in forgotten investments and misplaced share certificates
Britain’s booming non-surgical cosmetics market is operating in what some critics describe as a regulatory ‘Wild West’
Family contact disputes are becoming an increasingly prominent feature of Court of Protection litigation
Material obtained through US discovery applications may have a much longer legal life than many litigants realise
English courts are developing a distinctly practical approach to sanctions disputes arising from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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