THIS ISSUE
Not every change to our working lives post-COVID is a step forward: David Locke laments the loss of pre-pandemic positives
Beyond construction: C Haward Soper champions the benefits of statutory adjudication for the resolution of a wide range of disputes
Mandatory mediation: an impossible contradiction? Not in Ontario, Canada. Jennifer Egsgard reports.
Masood Ahmed outlines why there are no retrospective appeals in arbitration
A new regime for examining business transactions from a national security standpoint is on the way: Sophia Purkis & Judith Davidge provide an overview
Robin Kingham provides an update on the status of Tomlin Order settlements in relation to consumer credit law
Simon Parsons examines the Law Commission’s analysis of the current law & puts forward the case for reform
Product liability post-Brexit: Sarah Moore & Stuart Warmington discuss what the post-Brexit ‘new world’ might look like for product regulation in the UK
Whiplash reform, class action claims & risky rule changes: Dominic Regan provides the inside scoop
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon
Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise
Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce
Three new tenants join Twenty Essex
DAC Beachcroft—Kirstie Pike & Simy Khanna
DAC Beachcroft further builds national Professional Liability practice, hiring two partners in Bristol
NEWS
A child’s views can be taken into account during international child abduction proceedings, the Supreme Court has held
Small and medium-sized law firms have urged regulators to pause plans to exclude owner-managers from compliance officer roles
Lawyers have raised the alarm on employment tribunal delays and backlogs, with some cases facing a three-year wait for a hearing
The controversial assisted dying Bill has drawn to a halt after MPs defeated it by 286 votes to 270
MPs have called for legislation to protect against the human rights risks of artificial intelligence (AI)
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