THIS ISSUE
Hard cases make bad law, as the saying goes, and the Post Office Horizon scandal certainly makes for a hard case
Flexi gets flexier, according to this week’s Civil Way, in which NLJ columnist and former district judge Stephen Gold encapsulates the latest developments in law
From nosy neighbours at the Tate to the employment rights of Deliveroo riders, the Supreme Court justices tackled a multitude of significant cases last year
The Bar Council ethics and practice hub has issued guidance on generative artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT and large language model systems
Criminal legal aid solicitors have been offered a pay rise for police station and youth court work
Fees for employment tribunal claims and Employment Appeal Tribunal appeals could be reintroduced, despite the Supreme Court ruling them unlawful seven years ago in R (on the application of Unison) v Lord Chancellor [2017] UKSC 51
The Legal Services Board (LSB) is partnering with Belfast law firm Carson McDowell to review the regulatory intervention into Axiom Ince
More than 1,000 law firms have been identified as having no or poor controls when it comes to compliance with financial sanctions
Ministers have scrapped plans for compulsory mediation and will pilot early legal advice instead—a decision welcomed by family lawyers
The government has issued a draft code of practice on cyber security governance to help businesses strengthen their protection against cyber-attack
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Arc Pensions Law—Matthew Swynnerton
Chair of the Association of Pension Lawyers joins as partner
Ampa Group—Kamal Chauhan
Group names Shakespeare Martineau partner head of Sheffield office
Blake Morgan—four promotions
Four legal directors promoted to partner across UK offices
NEWS
The abolition of assured shorthold tenancies and section 21 evictions marks the beginning of a ‘brave new world’ for England’s rental sector, writes Daniel Bacon of Seddons GSC
Stephen Gold’s latest Civil Way column rounds up a flurry of procedural and regulatory changes reshaping housing, alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and personal injury litigation
Patients are being systematically failed by an NHS complaints regime that is opaque, poorly enforced and often stacked against them, argues Charles Davey of The Barrister Group
A wealthy Russian divorce battle has produced a sharp warning about trying to challenge foreign nuptial agreements in the wrong English court. Writing in NLJ this week, Vanessa Friend and Robert Jackson of Hodge Jones & Allen examine Timokhin v Timokhina, where the High Court enforced Russian judgments arising from a prenuptial agreement despite arguments based on the landmark Radmacher decision
An obscure Victorian tort may be heading for an unexpected revival after a significant Privy Council ruling that could reshape liability for dangerous escapes, according to Richard Buckley, barrister and emeritus professor of law at the University of Reading
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