THIS ISSUE
Highs, lows, successes & appreciative clients—Richard Spector shares his personal experience of damages-based agreements
Ombudsman shows the way; free cut-out; Court of Appeal goes weedy; housing rent increase trap; new royal warrant plea.
Aggregation of evidence is for the jury, not the expert, as Chris Pamplin explains
Rakesh Kapila considers the common causes of dispute in ill-fated joint business ventures—and how a forensic accountant can help
Incriminating evidence & falsified notebooks? Dr Jon Robins recounts a deeply concerning jury verdict delivered at a time of heightened suspicion nationwide
A corporation tax hike from 19% to 25% for businesses making profits of more than £250,000, and changes to pensions, childcare and disability benefits were some of the headline figures of the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt’s Budget
Lawyers have lambasted both the government’s Illegal Migration Bill and the surrounding rhetoric about ‘lefty lawyers’.
Small and medium-sized law firms performed well during 2021-2022 despite challenging circumstances, according to the Law Society’s annual Financial Benchmarking Survey.
The G4S fraud trial collapse is the latest in a ‘catalogue of failings’ at the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), lawyers have warned.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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Charles Russell Speechlys—James Paterson
Charles Russell Speechlys further bolsters Private Equity expertise with the appointment of James Paterson
Ellisons—Samuel Flower
Ellisons strengthens Rural Affairs team with senior appointment
Sidley—Carl Hotton
Sidley adds insurance mergers and acquisitions partner to London office
NEWS
A deputy costs judge correctly exercised his discretion to allow late service rather than strike out the point of dispute, the Court of Appeal has held
Prince Harry, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and five others have lost their case against the publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, in Various Claimants v Associated Newspapers [2026] EWHC 1637 (KB)
Public confidence in the justice system is being undermined by a lack of accessible, useable data, magistrates have warned
The Sentencing Council has launched draft guidelines for facilitation and endangering another person during a sea crossing to the UK
Government proposals to make independent written legal advice a prerequisite for workplace non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) may prove unworkable, according to a senior employment lawyer
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