THIS ISSUE
The High Court has ruled that the Danish tax authority can’t recover £1.4bn in refund claims. Yasseen Gailani & Alexander Martin explain
In their latest update, Ellie Hampson-Jones & Carla Ditz consider three recently reported cases & some important developments in family law
Does dishonesty always result in a strike-off? Clare Hughes-Williams considers some exceptional circumstances
The Crime and Policing Bill could vastly expand corporate criminal liability through its new ‘senior manager test’, warns Tom McNeill of BCL Solicitors in NLJ this week. The sweeping test makes organisations criminally liable for offences committed by senior managers within their authority
As the UK debates assisted dying, John Cooper KC reviews Life After—a nuanced & surprising documentary about ‘reluctant survivor’ Elizabeth Bouvia
As neurotechnology increasingly embeds itself in everyday life, the coroner’s court faces a new frontier—where neural data could illuminate the mysteries of death with scientific precision & profound ethical consequences. Harry Lambert reports
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) ‘is now a public emergency’, Barbara Mills KC, a family silk and chair of the Bar Council, has warned
A judge was ‘plainly right’ to time-bar a personal injury claimant despite the county court delaying posting the claim form until nearly four months after it was sealed ‘for reasons that have never been ascertained’, the Court of Appeal has held
Barristers are happier this year than in 2023, according to the latest wellbeing survey
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gardner Leader—Charlotte Botham & Belinda Sinnott
Law firm strengthens real estate team with two new partners
DR Solicitors—Sarah Cook
DR Solicitors strengthens primary care expertise with appointment of legal director
Womble Bond Dickinson—David Varney
Womble Bond Dickinson appoints David Varney to strengthen digital practice
NEWS
A deputy costs judge correctly exercised his discretion to allow late service rather than strike out the point of dispute, the Court of Appeal has held
Prince Harry, Baroness Doreen Lawrence and five others have lost their case against the publisher of the Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and MailOnline, in Various Claimants v Associated Newspapers [2026] EWHC 1637 (KB)
Public confidence in the justice system is being undermined by a lack of accessible, useable data, magistrates have warned
The Sentencing Council has launched draft guidelines for facilitation and endangering another person during a sea crossing to the UK
Government proposals to make independent written legal advice a prerequisite for workplace non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) may prove unworkable, according to a senior employment lawyer
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