THIS ISSUE
Michael Zander on the Faulks Review: will it end as a government stitch-up?
‘Substantial’ meals & staying at home: Fred Philpott compares current guidance with the actual law
In the first of a special NLJ series on the impact of the pandemic on the wider justice system, Jon Robins reports on cases in limbo, increasing pressures on the criminal justice system & Covid outbreaks in the courts
Disclosure requirements can extend to work-related emails and messages on an employee’s personal phone or other device, the Court of Appeal has held.
Money owed to debtor can be set off against amount to be repaid
The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary has published details of a cluster of reforms to the Civil Procedure Rules, including changes on vulnerable witnesses, evidence and offers to settle.
Solicitors can now register for fast-track entry into courts and tribunals through the professional users’ access scheme.
All claimants should be able to start their claim online in future, Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, has said.
The Law Society has welcomed Land Registry proposals to allow digital identity checking in conveyancing.
Diversity at the Bar is ‘inching’ forward but needs to accelerate, Bar Chair Derek Sweeting QC said this week in response to the annual Bar Standards Board diversity report.
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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