THIS ISSUE
Two rulebooks, both alike in dignity, in fair England’s courts, where we lay our scene.
Family lawyer Jane Craig issues a call for action on cohabitation rights, in this week’s NLJ.
Cybercriminals are getting bolder, smarter and better at what they do. In this week’s NLJ, Kingsley Hayes, head of data and privacy litigation at law firm Keller Postman, offers practical advice to law firms on how to combat this ever-lurking threat and what to do in the nightmarish event of an attack.
As the number of people living together without marrying continues to rise, the time for an ‘opt-out’ cohabitation law regime is now, argues Jane Craig
Failure to prevent fraud… and more? Anita Clifford reports on the broadening scope of the proposed ‘failure to prevent’ offences & the likelihood of their success
Eyeing up further opportunities for improvements to employment law following the revocation of retained EU law, Simon Fennell targets the Working Time Regulations & Agency Workers Regulations
David Burrows delves into the origins of the Family Procedure Rules 2010: how do they overlap with their civil counterparts?
Khawar Qureshi KC outlines key Arbitration Act 1996 cases in 2022
Kellie Simpson shares her future trends for law firms and lawyers
The ‘public interest’ justification for the right of any individual to bring disciplinary proceedings against any solicitor disappeared a long time ago, says John Gould
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 dangers of uncritical artificial intelligence (AI) use in legal practice are no longer hypothetical. In this week's NLJ, Dr Charanjit Singh of Holborn Chambers examines cases where lawyers relied on ‘hallucinated’ citations — entirely fictitious authorities generated by AI tools
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
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