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
Mourant—Stephen Alexander
Jersey litigation lead appointed to global STEP Council
mfg Solicitors—nine trainees
Firm invests in future talent with new training cohort
360 Law Group—Anthony Gahan
Investment banking veteran appointed as chairman to drive global growth
NEWS
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
In this week's NLJ, Steven Ball of Red Lion Chambers unpacks how advances in forensic science finally unmasked Ryland Headley, jailed in 2025 for the 1967 rape and murder of 75-year-old Louisa Dunne. Preserved swabs and palm prints lay dormant for decades until DNA-17 profiling produced a billion-to-one match
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
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