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Dominic Regan reports on traffic jams in the county court, delays across the board & the headline action of 2026

Are your bags packed? Globetrotting guru Dominic Regan signs off for the summer with an au revoir, plus some top travel tips

Private hire vehicle companies have seen off Uber’s legal challenge to their business models, in a landmark Supreme Court decision

The High Court has given two environmental health groups permission to apply to intervene in the Dieselgate litigation, and given them protection from costs

Michael L Nash reflects on collisions, causes & consequences

Personal injury claims for road traffic accident claims have plummeted in relation to whiplash injuries, creating ‘a cavernous justice gap’, the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (Apil) has warned

The electronic travel authorisation (ETA) scheme could create a ‘plethora’ of visa refusal cases on the basis of criminality or previous immigration history, an immigration lawyer has warned

Uber has lost its case against private hire vehicle operators over contract terms, in a decision with major financial implications for both local authorities and taxi companies

Lawyers will be celebrating the latest edition of one of the profession’s most-thumbed textbooks at a launch next month.

Lucy McCormick revs through the Automated Vehicles Bill, which recently had its Second Reading

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Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr

Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London

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Online safety against serious harm

Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn

Law reform ahead

Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission

Bullying & harassment at the Bar

The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found

The Sentencing Bill: Crime & punishment revisited

Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release

Changing faces

David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle

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Transport

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hugh James—Phil Edwards

Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe

DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr