THIS ISSUE
Dominic Regan reports on a court divided, a false start & a triumphant underdog
It seems the campaign for divorce reform has been waged for years if not decades, but has its time finally arrived? Perhaps this summer’s separating couples will get lucky?
Beware before you share: Neil Parpworth on draft judgments & the dangers of breaching an embargo
Sofie Edwards, James Bickley & Leon Major discuss the role of technology in multiple claimant proceedings
Divorce: now or next month? CPR treatment
Post-Jogee, the failure of the courts to get to grips with the iniquity of joint enterprise is shocking, says Jon Robins
Nicholas Dobson reviews the recent challenge to the appointment of Dido Harding as chair of Test & Trace
Nick Vamos suggests the home secretary sailed close to the wind when trying to delay Michael Lynch’s extradition
Lawyers face a complex task on sanctions compliance, writes Frank Maher
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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DWF—19 appointments
Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments
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Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga
Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire
Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan
Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds
NEWS
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve reports on Haynes v Thomson, the first judicial application of the Supreme Court’s For Women Scotland ruling in a discrimination claim, in this week's NLJ
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