THIS ISSUE
In an NLJ focus on expert witnesses, this week’s issue features forensic accountant Rakesh Kapila’s insightful article into the many ways experts can work together, as well as Simon Berney-Edwards advice for those instructing experts on care
People should be called to the Bar only once they have completed pupillage, Nick Vineall KC, Chair of the Bar, said at an event on ‘the Bar of 2043’ at Inner Temple Hall last week
The backlog of cases in the Crown Court has risen again, from 59,361 in July 2022 to 64,015 in July this year, according to the latest government figures, released last week
MPs have called on the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) to investigate the ‘growing number’ of unresolved cases in the Official Injury Claim (OIC) Service portal, which now stands at 349,000
Leading arbitration and disputes specialists from around the world will be gathering in London next month for ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) UK’s annual arbitration & ADR conference.
A public inquiry into abuses at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre has called for a time limit of 28 days on immigration detention
The average professional indemnity insurance (PII) premium is equivalent to 5% of a law firm’s annual turnover—but small firms pay more
Lawyers have spoken out about government plans to bring clinical negligence cases valued between £1,500 and £25,000 into the fixed recoverable costs (FRC) regime from April 2024
LawCare, the legal mental health and wellbeing charity, is highlighting the danger of psychosocial risks (risks to mental health at work) ahead of World Mental Health Day on 10 October
Kingsley Napley senior partner Stephen Parkinson has been selected as the next Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), the Attorney General has confirmed
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton
Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner
Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan
Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office
Blake Morgan—four promotions
Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices
NEWS
The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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