Olswang has announced that Graham Lloyd-Brunt is joining its real estate team from BLP, where he has been a partner for seven years.
Sacker & Partners LLP has promoted Caroline Legg from associate director to partner.
HLE Blogger & NLJ consultant editor David Greene recounts the experiences of a civil litigator in the criminal court
Knock-on expenses will undermine government targets
PM refuses to play it safe with PI lawyers & unions
Natural England is now able to impose civil sanctions
Family law clients to be hit heavily by legal aid cuts
Family Justice Council produce new guidelines on children giving live evidence in family proceedings
Justice Edwin Cameron of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, a leading human rights lawyer during the apartheid era, is giving the Leslie Scarman lecture in London on 25 January.
Law Society highlights the dangers of Facebook to its members
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson
Daniel Burbeary, office managing partner of Michelman Robinson, discusses launching in London, the power of the law, and what the kitchen can teach us about litigating
Sidley—Jeremy Trinder
Global finance group strengthened by returning partner in London
Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor
West End firm strengthens employment and immigration team with partner hire
The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ
