THIS ISSUE
Ground rents get corny; That silky feeling; Distance law; Service charge dispute costs; Revised civil forms
The COVID-19 pandemic had a side-effect of making the justice system and litigation management more environmentally sound and sustainable. How can we maintain the gains post-pandemic?
Can Boris Johnson’s successor repair ‘the damage that has been done to the UK’s reputation in law’?
The judiciary and Ministry of Justice intend to make it easier for judges to move from one practice area to another, ‘removing barriers that prevent judges with appropriate authorisation from hearing different types of cases’
Divided opinions over fairness to students
Criminal barristers have entered their third week of strike action, downing tools from Monday to Thursday, and enduring uncomfortable temperatures to protest outside Birmingham, Preston and Plymouth Crown Courts and the Supreme Court in London
The Supreme Court handed down 56 judgments while the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council gave 34 judgments in 2021-22, according to their annual report and accounts, laid in Parliament this week
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has a temporary team in charge until at least 5 September, when Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to give way to a new leader of the Conservative Party
Former District Judge Stephen Gold casts a judge’s eye on remote observation and recording of cases
Not guilty by reason of insanity is one of the oldest principles of criminal law. In the 2022 case of R v Keal, the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) revisited the M’Naghten rules, which stem from 1843
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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