Michael Zander KC
Emeritus professor
Michael Zander KC, NLJ columnist & Emeritus Professor, LSE. Newlawjournal.co.uk
Michael Zander reports on a warning from Sir Jeffrey Jowell: fundamental safeguards are at stake
Michael Zander KC reports on the Retained EU Law (Revocation & Reform) Bill
Michael Zander suggests that argument over tweaking of the statutory tests is a waste of everyone’s time
"One feels that one is experiencing some of the horror of living under an evil regime and what it takes to oppose such a regime as a lawyer."
Michael Zander on the final stages
Is Dominic Raab’s project doomed? Michael Zander reports on criticism from across the legal spectrum
More harm than good? Professor Michael Zander QC reflects on 10 years of the Woolf Reforms
Michael Zander QC considers the Justice Secretary’s plans for a modern Bill of Rights
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Freeths—Ruth Clare
National real estate team bolstered by partner hire in Manchester
Farrer & Co—Claire Gordon
Partner appointed head of family team
mfg Solicitors—Neil Harrison
Firm strengthens agriculture and rural affairs team with partner return
NEWS
Conveyancing lawyers have enjoyed a rapid win after campaigning against UK Finance’s decision to charge for access to the Mortgage Lenders’ Handbook
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has launched a recruitment drive for talented early career and more senior barristers and solicitors
Regulators differed in the clarity and consistency of their post-Mazur advice and guidance, according to an interim report by the Legal Services Board (LSB)
The dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
The Solicitors Act 1974 may still underpin legal regulation, but its age is increasingly showing. Writing in NLJ this week, Victoria Morrison-Hughes of the Association of Costs Lawyers argues that the Act is ‘out of step with modern consumer law’ and actively deters fairness
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