THIS ISSUE
Mandatory ADR is here to stay, write Georgina Squire & Camilla Pratt
Athelstane Aamodt on the earthly laws of celestial bodies
From pronouns to ‘legalease’—the legal world needs to adapt, argues Jasmine Galvin
Christian Tuddenham & Tracey Lattimer highlight the English courts’ pragmatic approach to third-party disclosure
James Rogers & Jonathan P Cowe warn of the unintended consequences of leaving the Energy Charter Treaty
Clare Hughes-Williams & Catrin Davies advise lawyers to guard against the rise in wasted costs applications
In the second of a series of articles, Harry Lambert explains why lawyers in all practice areas really need to start considering neurotechnology
Jurisdictional obstacles can be tricky to overcome, but the English courts are taking a pragmatic approach when it comes to third-party disclosure in international fraud cases, Christian Tuddenham and Tracey Lattimer write in this week’s NLJ
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck
Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family
Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale
DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council
R3—Jodie Wildridge
Kings Chambers barrister appointed chair of R3 Yorkshire
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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