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
Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles
Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles
Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards
Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
Lime Solicitors—four promotions
Lime Solicitors announces four promotions
NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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