THIS ISSUE
Family lawyers have advised couples to keep careful records following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on matrimonialisation of property
Lawyers have called for mandatory gender pay gap reporting to be extended to cover race and disability when the government brings forward its Equality (Race and Disability) Bill
Expert witness reports are to be made available to the public in digital form, under a pilot project in the business and property courts, Lord Justice Birss has said
The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) is piloting a first-tier complaint handling model for all legal professionals ‘to help raise the baseline’
Lord Justice Colin Birss will be the next Chancellor of the High Court, with day-to-day responsibility for the business and property courts
Sarah Rapson has been appointed the next chief executive officer of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), and will succeed Paul Philip later this year
The 2019 Hague Convention came into force in the UK this week, marking a seminal moment for disputes lawyers
InfoTrack UK is celebrating a decade of pioneering digital transformation in the conveyancing sector, marking 10 years of innovation that has reshaped how property transactions are managed across England and Wales
The Crown Court backlog reached a record 76,957 cases at the end of March, up 11% on the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Justice figures published this week
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nikki Bowker, Devonshires
Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on
Ellisons—Sarah Osborne
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
DWF—Chris Air
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
NEWS
Contract damages are usually assessed at the date of breach—but not always. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Gascoigne, knowledge lawyer at LexisNexis, examines the growing body of cases where courts have allowed later events to reshape compensation
The Supreme Court has restored ‘doctrinal coherence’ to unfair prejudice litigation, writes Natalie Quinlivan, partner at Fieldfisher LLP, in this week' NLJ
The High Court’s refusal to recognise a prolific sperm donor as a child’s legal parent has highlighted the risks of informal conception arrangements, according to Liam Hurren, associate at Kingsley Napley, in NLJ this week
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Mazur may have settled questions around litigation supervision, but the profession should not simply ‘move on’, argues Jennifer Coupland, CEO of CILEX, in this week's NLJ
A simple phrase like ‘subject to references’ may not protect employers as much as they think. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, analyses recent employment cases showing how conditional job offers can still create binding contracts
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