THIS ISSUE
Eleanor Leedham reports on lessons learned from Mr Merricks’ multi-billion-pound action against Mastercard: what could this mean for other collective proceedings?
Legal aid has been run into the ground. Is it time for public defenders to step in, asks Roger Smith
James Halsted & Marcin Durlak on the legal dangers of getting lost in translation
Mass dismissal of P&O staff has shed a light on limitations of UK labour law, says Charles Pigott
Simone Potter & Sarah Hill-Smith from The Chancery Lane Project discuss pro bono pathways to using climate clauses
In a wide-ranging interview with NLJ, Mrs Justice Cockerill, head of the Commercial Court, describes the new challenges facing the court and how the pandemic allowed it to test new ways of working that will leave a lasting legacy.
Tom Bedford & Chris Dyke examine the regulatory consequences for firms arising from the war in Ukraine
The four HM Chief Inspectors of police, Criminal Prosecution Service, probation and prison services have issued a devastating warning on the ‘knock-on effect’ of the courts backlog
MOVERS & SHAKERS
mfg Solicitors—Samantha Evans
mfg Solicitors strengthens Contentious Probate team with new appointment
Ocean Legal—Brodie Collar
Ocean Legal welcomes new associate Brodie Collar
Ward Hadaway—Helen Badger & Gemma Lynch
Ward Hadaway expands healthcare employment team with two partners
NEWS
Motor finance and consumer credit claims can be brought as a collective action or ‘omnibus’ claim, the Court of Appeal has held, in a landmark decision
Involving children as young as ten years old in the criminal justice system is ineffective, punishes disadvantage and acts as a catalyst to increase the likelihood of future offending, barristers have warned
The Crown Court backlog stabilised at the end of March, reducing by 37 cases to 80,061—a slight fall on the previous quarter but a 5% rise on the same quarter last year
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is taking former general counsel of the Post Office, Jane Elizabeth MacLeod, and another solicitor to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal
Businesses are operating in an increasingly volatile environment due to technology, geopolitical and regulatory threats, according to Clyde & Co’s annual corporate risk radar survey
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