THIS ISSUE
Dominic Raab has resigned (again) but will the Bill of Rights Bill go too? NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC hopes so.
Senior litigation lawyer Pauline Campbell, writing in this week’s NLJ, sets out some of her personal experience of diversity and access after 17 years in the legal profession.
Government statistics on fly-tipping (more than a million reported incidents per year) ‘make unedifying reading’, writes Neil Parpworth, of Leicester De Montfort Law School, in this week’s NLJ. But is the law doing anything to curb this disgusting British habit?
The courts expect greater cooperation from parties on disclosure and judges are imposing tougher sanctions for non-compliance.
Does Dominic Raab’s departure finally spell the end for the Bill of Rights Bill? Geoffrey Bindman KC urges the government to undo the lurking threat to human rights protection
With the courts confirming there is no way to define an ‘expert’ in family proceedings, Sarah Keily stresses the need for caution until change is effected
Baroness Casey’s review into the Metropolitan Police: Hannah Disselbeck considers some learning points for investigators
Philip Munro & Phineas Hirsch examine the proposed use of a trust in relation to international sanctions laws, & the issues that a trustee might face
Are government plans for enforcement on fly-tipping likely to have an impact? Neil Parpworth examines the scale of the fly-tipping plague
Do health & safety duties in the workplace pave the way for failure to prevent fraud? Tom McNeill sets out the possible routes ahead
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Pillsbury—Steven James
Firm boosts London IP capability with high-profile technology sector hire
Clarke Willmott—Michelle Seddon
Private client specialist joins as partner in Taunton office
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DWF—Rory White-Andrews
Finance and restructuring offering strengthened by partner hire in London
NEWS
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) continues to stir controversy across civil litigation, according to NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School—AKA ‘The insider’
SRA v Goodwin is a rare disciplinary decision where a solicitor found to have acted dishonestly avoided being struck off, says Clare Hughes-Williams of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) imposed a 12-month suspension instead, citing medical evidence and the absence of harm to clients
In their latest Family Law Brief for NLJ, Ellie Hampson-Jones and Carla Ditz of Stewarts review three key family law rulings, including the latest instalment in the long-running saga of Potanin v Potanina
The Asian International Arbitration Centre’s sweeping reforms through its AIAC Suite of Rules 2026, unveiled at Asia ADR Week, are under examination in this week's NLJ by John (Ching Jack) Choi of Gresham Legal
In this week's issue of NLJ, Yasseen Gailani and Alexander Martin of Quinn Emanuel report on the High Court’s decision in Skatteforvaltningen (SKAT) v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors [2025], where Denmark’s tax authority failed to recover £1.4bn in disputed dividend tax refunds
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