THIS ISSUE
When should multilingual claimants provide oral evidence in their ‘own language’? Andrew Lawson examines recent caselaw
Laura Davidson asks if new UN guidance could topple compulsory detention & enforced medical treatment
Matthew Kay reflects on how freelance legal consulting has evolved & offers some tips on how to make a success of it
Nicholas Dobson expertly dissects the allocation of financial responsibility for aftercare in a recent case
Family law cases can abruptly change direction upon the emergence of significant issues in the fact finding hearing. In this week’s NLJ, Sarah Hughes, partner, and Victoria Rylatt, senior associate solicitor, Anthony Gold Solicitors report on recent caselaw where the fact finding hearing has had ‘significant repercussions for the rest of the proceedings’
NLJ's latest Charities Appeals Supplement has been published in this week's issue
Tony Allen, solicitor, mediator and senior consultant to CEDR, provides in-depth commentary on Churchill, which overturned Halsey, in this week’s NLJ
Inflation! Everything’s going up including planning fees in England, with a 35% increase for major applications, NLJ columnist and former District Judge Stephen Gold writes in this week’s Civil way
Robot motors amok on the motorway? Or vehicles safely under control? Which is the future? Actually, the future is here! Lucy McCormick, barrister at Henderson Chambers, looks at the Automated Vehicles Bill, which recently had its Second Reading, in this week’s NLJ
A flurry of legal developments has struck at the very end of 2023, expertly dissected this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan, of City Law School, aka The Insider
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Mishcon de Reya—trainees
Mishcon de Reya announces trainee retention rate of 86%
Sackers—Charlotte Adams & Fraser Sutton
Sackers welcomes two new Graduate Solicitor Apprentices
Broadfield—David Brennand
Corporate partner appointment strengthens firm’s investment funds practice
NEWS
LexisNexis will mark the 80th anniversary of Shawcross and Beaumont on Air Law with a live podcast exploring the evolution of aviation law from the Chicago Convention to the challenges facing modern aerospace, taking place on Tuesday 29 September
Harmony Christian Ministries is the latest charity to benefit from a £500 donation from AlphaBiolabs via the company’s Giving Back initiative
Indemnity costs remain exceptional, but parties cannot ignore a case that deteriorates around them. In Lawrence v Associated Newspapers, Mr Justice Nicklin ordered the claimants to pay indemnity costs after finding their conduct, viewed cumulatively, fell ‘well outside the norm’
Public law is in flux following reversals and robust appellate intervention, according to the latest public law update by the team at HSFK for NLJ
Neurotechnology is turning the human mind into an operational domain, exposing gaps in the laws of war
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