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Issue: Vol 175, Issue 8117

23 May 2025
IN THIS ISSUE
"No required information on legal aid is left uncovered in this handbook"
When is notice successfully served? In this week’s NLJ, Taylor Briggs and Michael Ranson, barristers at Falcon Chambers, take a look at a recent case which illustrates the complexities of this (to the uninitiated) simple-seeming task
Beverley Morris considers the issue of privacy in the operation of the family court, as well as the rise of non-court dispute resolution
Dr Ping-fat Sze is perplexed by the treatment of irrational prosecutorial decisions
As family justice becomes more open and transparent, more judgments are being published, writes Beverley Morris, partner and head of London family team, HCR Law. This raises concerns about privacy among those using the courts and is driving them to consider more out-of-court options, such as private financial dispute resolution (private FDR)
It’s been a slow process, but anti-SLAPP legislation is finally on the statute book (although not yet in force). In this week’s NLJ, Michael Bundock, barrister, dispute resolution, Lexis+AI, explores the potential impact of the new measures, which are designed to stop legitimate comment being stifled by ‘strategic litigation against public participation’ (SLAPP)

The Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland, on the application of the Equality Act 2010 has sparked widespread confusion among proprietors of sports clubs, cafes and other venues. How do they provide an inclusive environment and stay on the right side of the law? In this week’s issue of NLJ, Fiona McAnena, of campaign group Sex Matters, and Anya Palmer, Old Square Chambers, assert that the judgment is ‘a model of clarity’. They share their consideration of the landmark judgment, and what it means for sports clubs, employers and proprietors

Ceri Morgan analyses the response to lender liability in motor finance broker commission cases

The Supreme Court recently re-examined the dual criminality rule ‘in a judgment that is reckoned to have caused consternation within the US Department of Justice’, David Walbank KC, Red Lion Chambers, writes in this week’s NLJ


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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Slater Heelis—Charlotte Beck

Partner and Manchester office lead appointed head of family

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

Civil Justice Council—Nigel Teasdale

DWF insurance services director appointed to Civil Justice Council

R3—Jodie Wildridge

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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