THIS ISSUE
High-spirited but ticketless football fans stormed the stadium for this year’s Euro 2020 Final (delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic)―a moment of national embarrassment! Why did it happen, and what protection did the stewards have?
In the first of a series of articles on the legacy of Halsey, the 2004 authority that a court cannot order parties to mediate against their will, Tony Allen, solicitor and CEDR Chambers mediator, looks to the future of alternative dispute resolution
A Q&A special with founders Dominika Jaskiewicz and Stuart McDonald MC
Inside specialist corporate intelligence and investigations firm Matrix Intelligence
David Mayor & Alastair Gillespie discuss the breadth of the liability net for claims regarding safeguarding & duty of care in sport
A second opt-out Collective Proceedings Order (CPO) has been made, this time in the £469m Justin Le Patourel v BT claim in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT)
CILEX lawyers face discrimination and unfair treatment by fellow professionals and employers, a major survey has revealed
English law underpins hundreds of trillions of pounds of world trade, and its global popularity gives UK businesses an advantage because of lower transaction costs, a report by LegalUK has found
Wills are being left undiscovered and individuals wrongly deemed to have died intestate due to cuts in will searches by Bona Vacantia, a leading probate researcher has warned
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) High Court has the power to grant a freezing injunction to assist enforcement of a prospective foreign judgment, the Privy Council has held in an eagerly awaited decision
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Birketts—trainee cohort
Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025
Keoghs—four appointments
Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Brabners—Ben Lamb
Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner
NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Writing in NLJ this week, Thomas Rothwell and Kavish Shah of Falcon Chambers unpack the surprise inclusion of a ban on upwards-only rent reviews in the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
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