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Dr David Hewitt is a highly respected and prolific writer on mental health, incapacity, and related law.

HLE blogger Charles Foster examines the emotive issue of the withdrawal of artificial nutrition & hydration from patients

Snippets from The Reduced Law Dictionary, by Roderick Ramage

HLE blogger Simon Hetherington examines the latest controversial decision of the ECtHR in light of plans to reform the court

HLE blogger Felicity Gerry takes a critical look at the investigation surrounding the deaths at Gleison Colliery

James Wilson considers Lord Denning’s most perfectly crafted judgment

For reasons which remain unclear the Ministry of Justice rushed in the Family Procedure Rules 2010 in such a way that back-up practice directions and forms were coming off the legislative press as the rules came into operation.

Following the recent introduction of the Family Procedure Rules (FPR) in April 2011, this book is a timely publication, intended as a guide for the practitioner through the new rules, including helpful tips and highlighting the differences between the new rules and the old.

HLE blogger Timothy Pitt-Payne QC presents his policy paper on employment vetting

Is Howell v Lees-Millais the most cursed case of the century, wonders Dominic Regan

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Cripps—Radius Law

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Firm expands with new Grimsby office to serve North East Lincolnshire

Slater Heelis—Will Newman & Lucy Spilsbury

Property team boosted by two solicitor appointments

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NLJ this week: Surrogacy children caught in succession gap

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’

NLJ this week: Online safety law at a crossroads

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

NLJ this week: Do Mandelson and Mountbatten-Windsor meet the misconduct bar?

Recent allegations surrounding Peter Mandelson and Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor have reignited scrutiny of the ancient common law offence of misconduct in public office. Writing in NLJ this week, Simon Parsons, teaching fellow at Bath Spa University, asks whether their conduct could clear a notoriously high legal hurdle

NLJ this week: Supreme Court unlocks ‘lost years’ windfall for injured children

A landmark ruling has reshaped child clinical negligence claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Jodi Newton, head of birth and paediatric negligence at Osbornes Law, explains how the Supreme Court in CCC v Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust [2026] UKSC 5 has overturned Croke v Wiseman, ending the long-standing bar on children recovering ‘lost years’ earnings

NLJ this week: Finality trumps freedom in arbitration showdown

A Court of Appeal ruling has drawn a firm line under party autonomy in arbitration. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed, associate professor at the University of Leicester, analyses Gluck v Endzweig [2026] EWCA Civ 145, where a clause allowing arbitrators to amend an award ‘at any time’ was held incompatible with the Arbitration Act 1996

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Cripps—Radius Law

Switalskis—Grimsby

Slater Heelis—Will Newman & Lucy Spilsbury