THIS ISSUE
UK financial markets need the common law back, says Richard Samuel
Two legal academics have raised questions about the Supreme Court’s decision that prorogation of Parliament was both justiciable and unlawful.
Couples are postponing their divorce due to uncertainties caused by Brexit, family lawyers say.
The thought of no-deal Brexit may be spooking the housing market, but it hasn’t shaken the confidence of the conveyancing profession.
Poor, inflexible billing practices are losing law firms business, in-house lawyers say.
The Scottish government has set the personal injury discount rate, the rate used to determine lump sum compensation for pursuers who suffer a serious injury.
The legal year launched this week with the Lord Chancellor’s Breakfast and a speech by justice secretary Robert Buckland QC.
The Sentencing Council has issued two guidelines that come into force this week (as of 1 October) in all courts across England and Wales.
The rape pornography law, introduced in 2015, has had little impact, with very few charges or prosecutions, according to a study by Durham University.
Law is the sector where ‘taking holidays’ is most taboo, with 39% of those surveyed believing this to be the case, according to research among 1,342 employees across different industries by employee services company Perkbox.
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 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
A Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling has reopened debate on the availability of ‘user damages’ in competition claims. Writing in NLJ this week, Edward Nyman of Hausfeld explains how the CAT allowed Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen’s alternative damages case against Meta to proceed, rejecting arguments that such damages are barred in competition law
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