THIS ISSUE
Bott & Co v Ryanair is an important development for access to justice, writes Anthony Field
Now is the time for radical change for separating families. Lauren Evans trumpets calls for better support for the children of separating parents
Jamie Sutherland & Imogen Dodds discuss the recent case of White and another v Amirtharaja and another
Masood Ahmed looks at the hurdles to be cleared before costs can be capped, with reference to PGI Group Limited
Chris Ball reports on the top market trends in legal recruitment
The UK should harness the full potential of its legal system to put the ‘great’ back in Great Britain, says Jason McCue
Employment compensation hike; Dentists extracted; Tribunal tinkering; Flexible tenancy escape; New divorce law latest; Standard orders – again! Up the workers.
Mark Pawlowski considers the use of literature in the law school curriculum
MOVERS & SHAKERS
FOIL—Bridget Tatham
Forum of Insurance Lawyers elects president for 2026
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Gibson Dunn—Robbie Sinclair
Partner joinslabour and employment practice in London
Muckle LLP—Ella Johnson
Real estate dispute resolution team welcomes newly qualified solicitor
NEWS
Cryptocurrency is reshaping financial remedy cases, warns Robert Webster of Maguire Family Law in NLJ this week. Digital assets—concealable, volatile and hard to trace—are fuelling suspicions of hidden wealth, yet Form E still lacks a section for crypto-disclosure
NLJ columnist Stephen Gold surveys a flurry of procedural reforms in his latest 'Civil way' column
Paper cyber-incident plans are useless once ransomware strikes, argues Jack Morris of Epiq in NLJ this week
In this week's NLJ, Robert Hargreaves and Lily Johnston of York St John University examine the Employment Rights Bill 2024–25, which abolishes the two-year qualifying period for unfair-dismissal claims
Writing in NLJ this week, Manvir Kaur Grewal of Corker Binning analyses the collapse of R v Óg Ó hAnnaidh, where a terrorism charge failed because prosecutors lacked statutory consent. The case, she argues, highlights how procedural safeguards—time limits, consent requirements and institutional checks—define lawful state power
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