THIS ISSUE
Advances in technology, spurred on by the challenges of the pandemic & remote working, mean electronic conveyancing has come into its own, as Veronica Cowan reports
With house sales booming & transaction times stretching, automation is a vital tool in easing the burden & delivering for clients where it counts, says Bronwyn Townsend
Lawrence Robbins, of A Mortgage Now, explains how Legal Professionals can benefit from a tailored mortgage service, and outlines some of the attractive options for Professional borrowers
"The statute may not be worth the paper it is written on, but this book most certainly is"
A survey of 250 litigation lawyers has uncovered concerns about the disclosure pilot scheme (DPS), currently underway in the business and property courts.
One in four family lawyers is on the verge of quitting due to the pressure of work, according to a report on wellbeing in the profession.
Costs lawyers have spoken out against Ministry of Justice (MoJ) plans for the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) to take over the assessment of civil legal aid bills
LexisNexis has launched an artificial intelligence (AI) product to help lawyers speedily identify the right expert.
One of the eight legal regulators has proposed making the firms that generate the most complaints pay a greater share of costs to the Legal Ombudsman (LeO)
Personal injury specialist Elizabeth Johnson has become the first CILEX lawyer to be appointed to the judiciary in a full-time position.
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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