THIS ISSUE
While much remains unchanged with regards to extradition mechanisms under the European arrest warrant scheme and the new arrangements post-Brexit, there are nonetheless some key differences to be aware of, write Nick Vamos & Katie Jones at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP in this week’s NLJ.
Writing in NLJ this week, David Renton examines the current status of the eviction ban, and revisits the government’s promised—but as yet undelivered—reforms to the landlord and tenant sector.
Legal problems that come in clusters is the focus of Jon Robins’s NLJ back page this week, and the subject of a book published by Legal Action Group and written by Leeds University law Professor Luke Clements, Clustered injustice and the level green
Writing in this week’s NLJ, Mark Solon asks: where do expert witnesses fit into the new Master of the Rolls’ promised ‘radical rethink’ of civil justice?
The ‘single-issue’ approach of the legal system ensures it is stacked against the disadvantaged, says Jon Robins
Rakesh Kapila highlights key aspects underlying valuations of family businesses on divorce & outlines ways in which such businesses can help in funding financial settlements
The new Master of the Rolls promises civil justice shake-up. But what about the expert witnesses, asks Mark Solon
Jonathan Goodliffe investigates how alcohol misuse can affect insurance
Is an employment tribunal a court & does it matter, asks John Bowers QC
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Myers & Co—Jen Goodwin
Head of corporate promoted to director
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Boies Schiller Flexner—Lindsay Reimschussel
Firm strengthens international arbitration team with key London hire
Corker Binning—Priya Dave
FCA contentious financial regulation lawyer joins the team as of counsel
NEWS
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
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
Caroline Shea KC and Richard Miller of Falcon Chambers examine the growing judicial focus on 'cynical breach' in restrictive covenant cases, in this week's issue of 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
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