THIS ISSUE
The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is due to be implemented this month. Writing in this week’s NLJ, Charles Maurice, partner, and Brigitte Simpson, associate, Stevens & Bolton, look at the implications for the financial services sector.
Family law moved fast last year, with a renewed focus on non-court dispute resolution, more transparency and new protections for domestic abuse victims. And there’s more to come in 2025, as Ruth Omoregie, associate solicitor, and Lola Ajayi, solicitor at Anthony Gold, write in this week’s NLJ.
Should third-party funding be regulated? If so, how and by whom? This is just one of many thorny questions likely to occupy the minds of litigation lawyers in the year ahead, David Greene, NLJ consultant editor and senior partner at Edwin Coe, writes in this week’s issue.
Could law enforcement agencies tasked with recovering stolen cryptoassets have a silver bullet in their arsenal? In this week’s NLJ, Ashley Fairbrother, partner, and Joe Nahal-Macdonald, senior associate, at Edmonds Marshall McMahon, and Sarah Wood, barrister at 5 St Andrews Hill, examine the new powers provided by Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, courtesy of legislation implemented in 2024.
David Greene anticipates attempts to make the litigation process more efficient and less costly…and make or break for litigation funding
Ruth Omoregie & Lola Ajayi round up the key developments in family law in 2024, & consider what may lie in store for the year ahead
Charles Maurice & Brigitte Simpson explore the UK impact of DORA—the incoming EU Digital Operational Resilience Act—in the financial services sector
A ‘timid pipsqueak’ of a Bill, or the first step towards greater reform? Neil Parpworth charts the journey of the Hereditary Peers Bill through the House of Commons
Injunctive relief is possible before a wrong has even taken place: Nicholas Dobson explores quia timet relief in light of a recent decision
Could a bold interpretation of the new powers contained in Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 provide a silver bullet for law enforcement? Ashley Fairbrother, Joe Nahal-Macdonald & Sarah Wood set out the case
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clarke Willmott—Declan Goodwin & Elinor Owen
Corporate and commercial teams in Cardiff boosted by dual partner hire
Hill Dickinson—Joz Coetzer & Marc Naidoo
London hires to lead UK launch of international finance team
Switalskis—11 promotions
Firm marks start of year with firmwide promotions round
NEWS
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The next generation is inheriting more than assets—it is inheriting complexity. Writing in NLJ this week, experts from Penningtons Manches Cooper chart how global mobility, blended families and evolving values are reshaping private wealth advice
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming sport, from recruitment and training to officiating and fan engagement. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dr Ian Blackshaw of Valloni Attorneys at Law explains how AI now influences everything from injury prevention to tactical decisions, with clubs using tools such as ‘TacticAI’ to gain competitive edges
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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