THIS ISSUE
Cash is king and lawyers are in demand, writes Seamus Hoar
Emma West & Caroline Phipps chart the challenges & opportunities of post-pandemic working for junior practitioners
Gender identity in the spotlight: Nicholas Dobson analyses the Supreme Court’s reasoning in Elan-Cane
Pain ahead for lawyers? Dominic Regan takes a look into his crystal ball for the future of fixed costs & recounts a particularly unfortunate disclosure…
Lee Finch & Ann-Marie O’Neil examine the high threshold for determining which events are outside an airline’s control
Alec Samuels explores justice & compensation for the quashed imprisoned
How to succeed & advance in the world of legal marketing: Dominic Ayres offers some valuable insight
Admissibility & jurisdiction: Masood Ahmed & Syed Ali report on dispute resolution clauses in international commercial arbitration
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
CBI South-East Council—Mike Wilson
Blake Morgan managing partner appointed chair of CBI South-East Council
Birketts—Phillippa O’Neill
Commercial dispute resolution team welcomes partner in Cambridge
Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin
Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire
NEWS
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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