Mark Pawlowski
Mark Pawlowski is a barrister and professor emeritus of property law, School of Law, University of Greenwich. Newlawjournal.co.uk
Mark Pawlowski is a barrister and professor emeritus of property law, School of Law, University of Greenwich. Newlawjournal.co.uk
Mark Pawlowski looks at the meaning of reasonable doubt against the backdrop of one of the most iconic Hollywood films depicting jury trial
Mark Pawlowski examines the tortious liability of practical jokers in the context of both English & Commonwealth case law
Mark Pawlowski takes a festive look at some of the more humorous cases taken from the English & Commonwealth law reports
Mark Pawlowski questions the usefulness of legal fictions in English law
Crusader-heroes, or ugly, serious & boring? Mark Pawlowski takes a critical look at lawyers & law schools as portrayed on screen
Mark Pawlowski asks whether there is a duty to disclose the gruesome history of a house on the sale of a property
Mark Pawlowski asks whether we should abolish the formal requirement of a deed for leases
Mark Pawlowski considers the court’s power to relieve an unlawful killer from forfeiture of the victim’s estate
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NEWS
The Supreme Court has delivered a decisive ruling on termination under the JCT Design & Build form. Writing in NLJ this week, Andrew Singer KC and Jonathan Ward, of Kings Chambers, analyse Providence Building Services v Hexagon Housing Association [2026] UKSC 1, which restores the first-instance decision and curbs contractors’ termination rights for repeated late payment
Secondments, disciplinary procedures and appeal chaos all feature in a quartet of recent rulings. Writing in NLJ this week, Ian Smith, barrister and emeritus professor of employment law at UEA, examines how established principles are being tested in modern disputes
The AI revolution is no longer a distant murmur—it’s at the client’s desk. Writing in NLJ this week, Peter Ambrose, CEO of The Partnership and Legalito, warns that the ‘AI chickens’ have ‘come home to roost’, transforming not just legal practice but the lawyer–client relationship itself
A High Court ruling involving the Longleat estate has exposed the fault line between modern family building and historic trust drafting. Writing in NLJ this week, Charlotte Coyle, director and family law expert at Freeths, examines Cator v Thynn [2026] EWHC 209 (Ch), where trustees sought approval to modernise trusts that retain pre-1970 definitions of ‘child’, ‘grandchild’ and ‘issue’
Fresh proposals to criminalise ‘nudification’ apps, prioritise cyberflashing and non-consensual intimate images, and even ban under-16s from social media have reignited debate over whether the Online Safety Act 2023 (OSA 2023) is fit for purpose. Writing in NLJ this week, Alexander Brown, head of technology, media and telecommunications, and Alexandra Webster, managing associate, Simmons & Simmons, caution against reactive law-making that could undermine the Act’s ‘risk-based and outcomes-focused’ design
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