THIS ISSUE
Elizabeth Rimmer on why implementing an effective supervision process in remote working could have a positive impact in a legal workplace
Remembrance of things past: Ian Smith reflects on echoes from the past & unravels some current employment conundrums
As we dare to hope that lockdown is now behind us, what has changed since the pandemic & how will it impact the practice of commercial litigation in the post-pandemic environment? Michael Frisby reports
Lay litigants left behind: are small claims proceedings in Hong Kong fit for purpose? Dr Ping-fat Sze investigates
Matthew Kay examines the effects of e-presenteeism in the legal sector
It's been 25 years since the Arbitration Act 1996 came into force, so what has worked and what needs reform?
Geoffrey Bindman questions the motives behind the government’s sudden concern for free speech
There has been a rise in disclosures of historic abuse in sport. Writing in this week’s NLJ, David Mayor and Alastair Gillespie, look into what can be done about this shocking issue
Commercial litigation in the post-pandemic world―what can we expect to see?
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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