THIS ISSUE
The dramatic escape of Daniel Khalife sparked heated debate, dominated the news agenda and inspired some good jokes
In the first of two articles on anonymisation in family proceedings, NLJ columnist and family law solicitor-advocate David Burrows looks at the issue of judicial comity
Delays to statutory wills and the benefits of proprietary estoppel where mutual wills are drawn up are covered in two separate articles in this week’s NLJ, in a special focus on wills and probate
Mark Pawlowski asks whether proprietary estoppel can be used to underpin the enforcement of mutual wills
The Institute for Government (IfG) has concluded its 18-month review into the potential for constitutional reform, making seven key recommendations
Cryptoasset disputes have gained prominence in the past four years—last year, there were 19 cryptoasset claims in the English courts, of which five were fraud claims
Fancy an autumnal walk while raising valuable funds for law charities?
The Court of Appeal has remitted a ‘long, bitter and extortionately expensive’ divorce case for a financial remedy hearing with a litigation funder attached as a party, following a ‘procedural quagmire’
Corporate fraud rose 16.8% in the year to March 2023, with 1121 incidents reported to Action Fraud, the UK’s reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime
The Court of Appeal has confirmed the approach the court should take to an application to rescind a decree nisi, in a landmark judgment
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Penningtons Manches Cooper—Robert Dransfield
London medical negligence practice strengthened by senior partner hire
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DAC Beachcroft—seven appointments
Firm boosts professional risk practice with team hire in Manchester, led by partner Ben Parks
Doyle Clayton—Benedicte Perowne
Workplace law firm appoints new head of regulatory team
NEWS
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473
A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
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