THIS ISSUE
A global association for litigation funders has launched, highlighting the rapid growth of the industry in the past two decades
A judicial review has been lodged against the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) for its decision to move legal aid cost assessments in-house
Plans to increase custody time limits from 182 to 238 days have prompted alarm among legal professionals
The International Law Book Facility (ILBF), which collects good quality second hand legal textbooks and ships them to not-for-profit organisations across the world, has launched a film to mark its 15th anniversary
A judicial review has been lodged against the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) for its decision to move legal aid cost assessments in-house
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney
London promotion underscores firm’s investment in white collar and investigations
Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller
Private client team strengthened by partner appointment
NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal
Kate Gaskell, CEO of Flex Legal, reflects on chasing her childhood dreams underscores the importance of welcoming those from all backgrounds into the profession
NEWS
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
In Ward v Rai, the High Court reaffirmed that imprecise points of dispute can and will be struck out. Writing in NLJ this week, Amy Dunkley of Bolt Burdon Kemp reports on the decision and its implications for practitioners
Could the Supreme Court’s
ruling in R v Hayes; R v Palombo
unintentionally unsettle future
complex fraud trials? Maia Cohen-Lask of Corker Binning explores
the question in NLJ this week
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