Family law specialist, solicitor-advocate and commentator David Burrows looks back at his 50 years in family law, in this week’s NLJ. What’s changed? And how does the reality of some of those changes differ from what was originally envisaged? What could be improved?
Court of Protection and trust lawyers who assist in personal injury and clinical negligence cases will be impacted by proposed amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules.
‘What personal information can, and should, the police disclose during high-profile investigations,’ such as Nicola Bulley’s disappearance in January? Jeremy Clarke-Williams, partner, and Sophie Taraniuk, paralegal, in the reputation management and privacy team at Penningtons Manches Cooper, address this question, in this week’s NLJ.
Is there any recourse for families at the centre of a media storm? Jeremy Clarke-Williams & Sophie Taraniuk assess whether the discourse surrounding the disappearance of Nicola Bulley crossed the line
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ