THIS ISSUE
An unusual case has served up questions about vicarious liability & the gig economy. Ross Fletcher looks at the takeaways
Secretive talks, tense negotiations & an ultimatum narrowly averted tragedy, writes William Gibson
Criminals love them, but now enforcement agencies have the statutory tools to fight back, writes Nick Barnard
A recent case offers hope for victims of APP fraud. Jon Felce & Rosie Wild explain the ruling and its ramifications
David Burrows reflects on the tangled legacies we leave behind
David Greene on the debate about the future of litigation funding at home & abroad
Steps have been taken to regulate the imprisonment of pregnant offenders, but do they go far enough, asks Zoë Chapman
From the Turing Test to closed AI models, Ian McDougall sets out what lawyers need to know about AI
Vicarious liability and the gig economy may not be a match made in heaven, certainly not from the perspective of Deliveroo riders and other workers
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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
Wedlake Bell—Rebecca Christie
Firm welcomes partner with specialist expertise in family and art law
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Birketts—Álvaro Aznar
Dual-qualified partner joins international private client team
NEWS
Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year
As AI-generated ‘deepfake’ images proliferate, the law may already have the tools to respond. In NLJ this week, Jon Belcher of Excello Law argues that such images amount to personal data processing under UK GDPR
In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473
A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law
A seemingly dry procedural update may prove potent. In his latest 'Civil way' column for NLJ this week, Stephen Gold explains that new CPR 31.12A—part of the 193rd update—fills a ‘lacuna’ exposed in McLaren Indy v Alpa Racing
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