THIS ISSUE
Fraud costs us £190bn each year: Paul Brehony & Kate Gee review the House of Lords’ post-inquiry recommendations
Emily McFadden examines the growing impact of image-based sexual abuse & the importance of securing anonymity for its victims
Dusoruth v Orca: does the absence of a liquidated debt automatically lead to the annulment of a bankruptcy order? Wilson Leung & Ryan Tang examine the judgment
This week: swindling the tax man; debtor instalments; blocking final divorce; European enforcement; new law divorce challenge.
Is remote working here to stay? Veronica Cowan explores the post-pandemic attitude to home working in the legal sector
While using estimates to prepare budgets may seem logical, in reality it is attempting to fit a square peg in a round hole: Jack Ridgway explains why
"This book is an invaluable contribution to the literature in this area by authors with deep subject knowledge."
Lawyers have welcomed the ‘long overdue’ review into civil legal aid, but expressed concern about the timescale and called for immediate action to prevent collapse.
Lawyers recognised in King Charles III’s first New Year honours list include British-American litigator Dr Ann Olivarius, who acted in a pioneering case for a YouTube celebrity subjected to online revenge porn.
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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