THIS ISSUE
Nicholas Dobson reports on the lawfulness of public authority policies & guidance
John O’Hare examines the new law on small claims which has led to insurers paying less to lawyers
Landlords take notice; Litigators in the money; Company creditors still wound up; Domestic abuse reforms
David Greene compares & contrasts the new Lord Chancellor to his predecessors
The personal touch: Athelstane Aamodt untangles the complexities of US service of court papers
Andrew Morris considers the impact of delays on both charge & trial on sentencing
Edward Peters & Julia Petrenko discuss a legal tussle over a boathouse which serves as a useful reminder of the classification of items on land
Edward Grange & Rebecca Niblock examine the key changes & similarities to extradition law following Brexit
Declining status of Lord Chancellor
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Pillsbury—Steven James
Firm boosts London IP capability with high-profile technology sector hire
Clarke Willmott—Michelle Seddon
Private client specialist joins as partner in Taunton office
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DWF—Rory White-Andrews
Finance and restructuring offering strengthened by partner hire in London
NEWS
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) continues to stir controversy across civil litigation, according to NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School—AKA ‘The insider’
SRA v Goodwin is a rare disciplinary decision where a solicitor found to have acted dishonestly avoided being struck off, says Clare Hughes-Williams of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) imposed a 12-month suspension instead, citing medical evidence and the absence of harm to clients
In their latest Family Law Brief for NLJ, Ellie Hampson-Jones and Carla Ditz of Stewarts review three key family law rulings, including the latest instalment in the long-running saga of Potanin v Potanina
The Asian International Arbitration Centre’s sweeping reforms through its AIAC Suite of Rules 2026, unveiled at Asia ADR Week, are under examination in this week's NLJ by John (Ching Jack) Choi of Gresham Legal
In this week's issue of NLJ, Yasseen Gailani and Alexander Martin of Quinn Emanuel report on the High Court’s decision in Skatteforvaltningen (SKAT) v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors [2025], where Denmark’s tax authority failed to recover £1.4bn in disputed dividend tax refunds
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