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
Looking for the next step? NLJ has launched a Jobs & Career hub to help with the search
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nick Vernon, Walkers Bermuda
Nick Vernon of Walkers on swapping Birmingham for Bermuda and building an employment practice by the sea
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Bird & Bird—Christian Bartsch
Global firm re-elects CEO for second term
Fletchers Group—Miriam Hall
Business appoints managing director of operational excellence
NEWS
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
Momentum is building behind proposals to restrict children’s access to social media—but the legal and practical challenges are formidable. In NLJ this week, Nick Smallwood of Mills & Reeve examines global moves, including Australia’s under-16 ban and the UK's consultation
Reforms designed to rebalance landlord-tenant relations may instead penalise leaseholders themselves. In this week's NLJ, Mike Somekh of The Freehold Collective warns that the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 risks creating an ‘underclass’ of resident-controlled freehold companies
Timing is everything—and the Court of Appeal has delivered clarity on when proceedings are ‘brought’. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ, Stephen Gold explains that a claim is issued for limitation purposes when the claim form is delivered to the court, even if fees are underpaid
The traditional ‘single, intensive day’ of financial dispute resolution (FDR) may be due for a rethink. Writing in NLJ this week, Rachel Frost-Smith and Lauren Guiler of Birketts propose a ‘split FDR’ model, separating judicial evaluation from negotiation
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