THIS ISSUE
It’s already been criticised by ex-Prime Ministers, sparked an international spat and led to high-profile resignations, but how will the story of the Internal Market Bill end?
The government’s intention to enact legislation that breaks international law is just the latest example of ‘perfidious Albion’, barrister Mark Engelman, of Hardwicke chambers, writes in NLJ
Diversity & inclusion were given as a key priority by Chris Bushell in his speech as president of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA), back in March
NLJ's Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week's issue
Chris Williams discusses a court’s approach to a 1975 Act claim
Discharging estate liability can be a complex and challenging task. In the light of a recent decision, Jennifer Haywood outlines a court’s approach to ascertaining liabilities
Chris Pawlowska considers recent cases raising issues of vicarious liability & asks whether the courts are any closer to providing clarity on this area of law
Mark Engelman outlines how the ‘Perfidious Albion’ of the government’s proposed intentions to breach an international treaty is nothing new
The clock is ticking for obtaining effective UK pension sharing orders after an overseas divorce once the Brexit transitional period ends on December 31, practitioners are warning
Judges and family practitioners are changing tack in their approach to pensions sharing on divorce, research shows
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin
Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire
Gilson Gray—Jeremy Davy
Partner appointed as head of residential conveyancing for England
DR Solicitors—Paul Edels
Specialist firm enhances corporate healthcare practice with partner appointment
NEWS
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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