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
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Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga
Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire
Mourant—Stephen Alexander
Jersey litigation lead appointed to global STEP Council
mfg Solicitors—nine trainees
Firm invests in future talent with new training cohort
NEWS
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
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