THIS ISSUE
Judgment debtors hit for VAT; Success fee through back door; Divorce reform latest; Document redaction OK? Service charge battle; Mercy for Personal Reps
When the Bar Pro Bono Unit, now known as Advocate, was set up 25 years ago it immediately recognised the value of celebrating its barristers and publicising pro bono by handing out an award every year
Hugh Johnson & Miriam Spencer weigh up the current system of litigating against the NHS: is root-and-branch reform the answer?
Charlotte Bijlani and Soraya Corm-Bakhos chart the arbitration landscape in Dubai and the changes made by Decree 34
Lack of diversity on the bench has persisted despite the best efforts of legislators & the legal profession: Geoffrey Bindman asks what more can be done
In the first of a two-part series, Kim Beatson & Victoria Brown provide an expert guide to split hearings
Get me out of here! In his end of year address, Ian Smith navigates a series of obstacles & challenges including notification, blacklisting, reconsideration, anonymisation & postponements
Former District Judge Stephen Gold puts the Christmas tree decorating to one side and surveys the latest legal developments in Civil Way this week, covering the enforcement of debts, or rather who pays the fees for it, as well as the question of success fees in an inheritance battle
Lack of diversity in the judiciary is an issue that has persisted despite the efforts of legislators and the legal profession. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Geoffrey Bindman asks what more can be done
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Harneys—Maggie Kwok & George Weston
Harneys senior leadership appointments
Freeths—Keith Browne & Jim Jordan
Freeths strengthens London Construction and Engineering practice with two strategic senior hires
Anthony Collins—Laura Moss
Anthony Collins announces strategic hire to deepen skills base in the social business sector
NEWS
More than 100 teams from the legal and financial services sectors competed in five sports at the 51st Law Society RFC Festival of Sport earlier this month
Part-time status need only be an effective cause of less favourable treatment, rather than the sole cause, the Supreme Court has held in Augustine v Data Cars
Britain’s new acknowledgement that Israel’s occupation is unlawful, and accompanying settlement-goods ban and sanctions, is significant but overdue, argue Danny Friedman KC and Victor Kattan in NLJ this week
New planning fee rises, wider trade union access rights and a service-by-email trap feature in Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way
Existing defamation law can respond to AI ‘hallucinations’, but allocating responsibility will prove harder where outputs reach users without human intervention
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