THIS ISSUE
Doncaster Airport was scheduled to close due to lack of financial viability. The local authority launched a legal challenge, but to no avail.
Optimist Simon Fennell, employment partner at Shoosmiths, searches for employment law positives in the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill, in the first part of an article in this week’s NLJ.
The insanity defence and legal burdens of proof come under the scrutiny of Simon Parsons, associate lecturer at Bath Spa University, in this week’s NLJ.
The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill is so enormous in scope that it is difficult to gauge the full extent of its implications.
Is the rule of law safe in the Lord Chancellor, Dominic Raab’s hands? In his column for this week’s NLJ, David Greene, senior partner at Edwin Coe, investigates the answer to this question.
How is the rule of law faring under the current Lord Chancellor? David Greene warns against the creeping threats to our rights
Could the revocation of retained EU law provide the opportunity to iron out some headaches for practitioners? Simon Fennell sets out his employment law wish list
Nicholas Dobson reports on the closure of Doncaster Airport & an unsuccessful application for judicial review
Dr Beatriz San Martin, Libby Amos-Stone & Lewis Pope put the controversial Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill under the microscope
Is the ‘golden thread’ of Woolmington wearing thin? Simon Parsons examines the insanity defence & legal burdens of proof
MOVERS & SHAKERS
WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea
Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires
Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew
Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires
Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth
Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions
NEWS
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
Artificial intelligence, proportionality and public decision-making are under increasing judicial scrutiny, according to the latest public law round-up from Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Families relying on informal agreements over property ownership could face costly consequences if disputes arise, the High Court has warned
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