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
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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