THIS ISSUE
Practical advice on how to protect your client from unlawful detention, even on Friday afternoons, is the subject of an article by Red Lion Chambers’ barristers Jenni Dempster KC and Alex Benn, in this week’s NLJ
The grim events in Israel and Gaza are tragic and horrifying. In a three-page article in this week’s NLJ, Marc Weller, professor of international law at Cambridge University, and Malik Dahlan, professor of international law at Queen Mary University of London, look at the events from a legal perspective
A surge in decisions on anti-suit injunctions in the presence of an arbitration clause has caused the courts to grapple with the differences between the English and French legal systems
Brevity is the soul of wit…and also a legal requirement for expert reports on the intermediate track for civil claims. But will 20 pages be enough, asks Mark Solon, chairman, Wilmington Legal & founder, Bond Solon, in an article in this week’s NLJ?
What is an expert? Do they have to be attached to a regulatory body? What type of accreditation is required? In this week’s NLJ, Dr Chris Pamplin, editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses, looks at two recent cases on this conundrum
The ban on ‘no fault’ evictions in the Renters Reform Bill will be delayed until after court reforms take place, housing secretary Michael Gove has told MPs
The Court of Appeal has clarified the relevant date for assessing habitual residence during Hague Child Protection Convention proceedings
Solicitors could face fines in future if their money laundering checks are found to be too lax
Dame Ingrid Simler has been appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court
The Federal Republic of Nigeria has won its High Court challenge against an $11bn arbitration award granted to Process & Industrial Developments (PID), a hedge fund-backed company registered in the British Virgin Islands
MOVERS & SHAKERS
London Solicitors Litigation Association—John McElroy
Fieldfisher partner appointed president as LSLA marks milestone year
Kingsley Napley—Kirsty Churm & Olivia Stiles
Firm promotes two lawyers to partnership across employment and family
Foot Anstey—five promotions
Firm promotes five lawyers to partnership across key growth areas
NEWS
Freezing orders in divorce proceedings can unexpectedly ensnare third parties and disrupt businesses. In NLJ this week, Lucy James of Trowers & Hamlins explains how these orders—dubbed a ‘nuclear weapon’—preserve assets but can extend far beyond spouses to companies and business partners
A Court of Appeal ruling has clarified that ‘rent’ must be monetary—excluding tenants paid in labour from statutory protection. In this week's NLJ, James Naylor explains Garraway v Phillips, where a tenant worked two days a week instead of paying rent
Thousands more magistrates are to be recruited, under a major shake-up to speed up and expand the hiring process
Three men wrongly imprisoned for a combined 77 years have been released—yet received ‘not a penny’ in compensation, exposing deep flaws in the justice system. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Jon Robins reports on Justin Plummer, Oliver Campbell and Peter Sullivan, whose convictions collapsed amid discredited forensics, ‘oppressive’ police interviews and unreliable ‘cell confessions’
A quiet month for employment cases still delivers key legal clarifications. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ, Ian Smith reports that whistleblowing protection remains intact even where disclosures are partly self-serving, provided the worker reasonably believes they serve the ‘public interest’
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