A project for domestic abuse survivors and a volunteer-run ‘justice bus’ are among the winners of the 2024 LawWorks and Attorney General’s Student Pro Bono Awards, sponsored by LexisNexis
Offenders convicted of non-fatal strangulation and non-fatal suffocation could receive up to four years and six months in prison
A cargo of silver worth more than $43m, sunk off the Seychelles in 1942, belongs to South Africa, the Supreme Court has unanimously held
US litigation firm Quinn Emanuel has become the second firm to hike salaries for London newly qualified associates to £180,000
The chief coroner has called for retired circuit judges to be empowered to conduct judge-led inquests
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NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson
Daniel Burbeary, office managing partner of Michelman Robinson, discusses launching in London, the power of the law, and what the kitchen can teach us about litigating
Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor
West End firm strengthens employment and immigration team with partner hire
JMW—Belinda Brooke
Employment and people solutions offering boosted by partner hire
The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ
