THIS ISSUE
Caroline Shea KC & Thomas Rothwell consider the Supreme Court’s latest guidance on injunctions binding newcomers
David Burrows raises some questions about the Family Division’s open justice pilot scheme
TUPE changes; CPR and tribunal rules; FRC invasion imminent; X-examination peanuts; AI reaches the law; Head bashing; CPR Pt 71 under the microscope
The end of 2023 brought a blizzard of new legislation & some thorny EAT decisions. Ian Smith sweeps through them with gusto
Andy Cullwick offers advice on attracting, keeping & treating clients well
Elizabeth Rimmer explains the importance of understanding psychosocial risk in legal workplaces
Jack Ridgway offers advice on every solicitor’s bugbear, the estimate of costs
Graham Zellick believes the government is wrong to annul the subpostmasters’ convictions by legislation
From encouragement to compulsion? Mediation in English civil justice after Churchill by Bryan Clark & Zora Kizilyurek
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clarke Willmott—Declan Goodwin & Elinor Owen
Corporate and commercial teams in Cardiff boosted by dual partner hire
Hill Dickinson—Joz Coetzer & Marc Naidoo
London hires to lead UK launch of international finance team
Switalskis—11 promotions
Firm marks start of year with firmwide promotions round
NEWS
Property lawyers have given a cautious welcome to the government’s landmark Bill capping ground rents at £250, banning new leasehold properties and making it easier for leaseholders to switch to commonhold
Four Nightingale courts are to be made permanent, as justice ministers continue to grapple with the record-level Crown Court backlog
The judiciary has set itself a trio of objectives and a trio of focus areas for the next five years, in its Judicial Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2026-2030
The Sentencing Act 2026 received royal assent last week, bringing into law the recommendations of David Gauke’s May 2025 Independent Sentencing Review
Victims of crime are to be given free access to transcripts of Crown Court sentencing remarks, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed
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