THIS ISSUE
What is a relationship & when does it end? Fred Philpott & Sabrina Goodchild report
It’s time for an independent body to ensure coroners’ recommendations are implemented, writes Veronica Cowan
Mark Pawlowski examines a recent case on the inter-relationship between proprietary estoppel & statute
Gordon Wignall outlines principles applicable to different types of private nuisance
You say refoulement, I say refinement…Let’s call the whole thing off! Malcolm Bishop KC & Dr Satvinder Juss
Tricia Hemans & Daniel Black take a trip down the IT
Nicholas Yeo & Ryan Dowding discuss provisions for victims & true owners to chase frozen & forfeited funds
Stephen Shaw busts some mediation myths & explains why it’s preferable to ‘litigatory roulette’
Judicial poses; Juniors may speak; Dodgy drafting; Fees hike promised; Business tenancy opposition
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Charles Russell Speechlys—Matthew Griffin
Firm strengthens international funds capability with senior hire
Gilson Gray—Jeremy Davy
Partner appointed as head of residential conveyancing for England
DR Solicitors—Paul Edels
Specialist firm enhances corporate healthcare practice with partner appointment
NEWS
The proposed £11bn redress scheme following the Supreme Court’s motor finance rulings is analysed in this week’s NLJ by Fred Philpott of Gough Square Chambers
In this week's issue, Stephen Gold, NLJ columnist and former district judge, surveys another eclectic fortnight in procedure. With humour and humanity, he reminds readers that beneath the procedural dust, the law still changes lives
Generative AI isn’t the villain of the courtroom—it’s the misunderstanding of it that’s dangerous, argues Dr Alan Ma of Birmingham City University and the Birmingham Law Society in this week's NLJ
James Naylor of Naylor Solicitors dissects the government’s plan to outlaw upward-only rent review (UORR) clauses in new commercial leases under Schedule 31 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, in this week's NLJ. The reform, he explains, marks a seismic shift in landlord-tenant power dynamics: rents will no longer rise inexorably, and tenants gain statutory caps and procedural rights
Writing in NLJ this week, James Harrison and Jenna Coad of Penningtons Manches Cooper chart the Privy Council’s demolition of the long-standing ‘shareholder rule’ in Jardine Strategic v Oasis Investments
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