THIS ISSUE
With the legal system suffering from an ever-growing backlog of cases, the challenges presented by jury trials have raised questions over their suitability for the COVID-19 era.
At 11pm on 31 December 2020, EU law ceased to apply to and in the UK. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Brasted and Andrew Eaton of Hogan Lovells ask: what now?
The Supreme Court delivered a key employment decision last month when it confirmed that a group of Uber drivers had the status of non-employee workers.
The 127th and 129th updates to the CPR are under NLJ columnist Stephen Gold’s microscope in this week’s ‘Civil way’.
With nominations open for this year’s Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year awards (LALYs), now is the time to celebrate those on the frontline of social justice.
With nominations for this year’s awards now open, Fiona Bawdon & Chris Minnoch explain what the LALYs mean to those on the social justice frontline
Sheila Kumar outlines the changing face of conveyancing
Masood Ahmed investigates advertising costs in group litigation
Mark Pawlowski looks at some unusual aspects of leasehold law
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Carey Olsen—Kim Paiva
Group partner joins Guernsey banking and finance practice
.tmb-mov69x69.jpg?sfvrsn=16d9dd3d_1)
Morgan Lewis—Kat Gibson
London labour and employment team announces partner hire
Foot Anstey McKees—Chris Milligan & Michael Kelly
Double partner appointment marks Belfast expansion
NEWS
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has not done enough to protect the future sustainability of the legal aid market, MPs have warned
Writing in NLJ this week, NLJ columnist Dominic Regan surveys a landscape marked by leapfrog appeals, costs skirmishes and notable retirements. With an appeal in Mazur due to be heard next month, Regan notes that uncertainties remain over who will intervene, and hopes for the involvement of the Lady Chief Justice and the Master of the Rolls in deciding the all-important outcome
After the Southport murders and the misinformation that followed, contempt of court law has come under intense scrutiny. In this week's NLJ, Lawrence McNamara and Lauren Schaefer of the Law Commission unpack proposals aimed at restoring clarity without sacrificing fair trial rights
The latest Home Office figures confirm that stop and search remains both controversial and diminished. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort University analyses data showing historically low use of s 1 PACE powers, with drugs searches dominating what remains
Boris Johnson’s 2019 attempt to shut down Parliament remains a constitutional cautionary tale. The move, framed as a routine exercise of the royal prerogative, was in truth an extraordinary effort to sideline Parliament at the height of the Brexit crisis. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC dissects how prorogation was wrongly assumed to be beyond judicial scrutiny, only for the Supreme Court to intervene unanimously
Copyright © 2026 LexisNexis
