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
Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles
Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles
Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards
Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
Lime Solicitors—four promotions
Lime Solicitors announces four promotions
NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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