THIS ISSUE
Senior judges, City lawyers and caseworkers working in frontline services were among more than 15,000 people taking part in this year’s London Legal Walk.
A proposed Home Office investigation into claims of systemic abuse at Brook House Immigration Removal Centre is insufficient, the High Court has held.
The outstanding caseload in the UK’s tribunals has increased by 8% on this time last year, driven by an increase in employment tribunal claims.
Bryan Clark reflects on oversupply in the market & commends the Civil Justice Council proposals for change
Mediators will be pleased to find judges taking the broad view of ‘without prejudice’ privilege, says Tony Allen
The Supreme Court is heading to Wales on 22-25 July, and invites members of the public and media to attend its hearings.
Very few discrimination victims are getting the representation they need in courts and tribunals, an Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) report, ‘Legal aid for victims of discrimination’, has found.
A Latvian national living in the UK since 2008 was entitled to state pension credit from October 2012, the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled, in Secretary of State for Work and Pensions v Gubeladze [2019] UKSC 31
The famous Adidas three-stripe branding is not a valid trademark because it lacks a distinctive character, the European Court of Justice has ruled, in adidas AG v EUIPO (Case T-307/17)
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gilson Gray—Linda Pope
Partner joins family law team inLondon
Jackson Lees Group—five promotions
Private client division announces five new partners
Taylor Wessing—Max Millington
Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London
NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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