THIS ISSUE
Law firms should listen to their junior lawyers' concerns around ethics and sustainability, Dana Denis-Smith writes in this week’s NLJ
Former district judge Stephen Gold reports on what’s coming and what’s going (tribunal fees, child support fee) in this week’s Civil Way
Opinions are sought on the implementation of the Hague Conventions on the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments in civil and commercial matters
Think long-term when marketing, Clare Rodway advises in this week’s NLJ
As well as a hot tip from ‘those who know’ on the next judge to be elevated to the Court of Appeal, Professor Dominic Regan covers fixed costs in the intermediate track and the clinical negligence exception, in his NLJ column this week
The Legal Services Board (LSB) should focus on its core activities and only take on more work where there is ‘regulatory need or gaps in responding to consumer needs’, Law Society president Nick Emmerson has said
Family lawyer and NLJ columnist David Burrows delves into the heady world of billionaire divorce this week with an in-depth look at the fascinating case of Potanina v Potanin [2024] UKSC 3
Law firms are invited to fill out the annual Professional Services Marketing Survey, run by the Law Firm Marketing Club (LFMC)
The current crisis in rape and serious sexual offence (RASSO) cases due to a shortage of specialist counsel is set to ‘accelerate exponentially’, the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) has warned
Reductions in legal aid spending may have shunted the cost on to other taxpayer-funded bodies while leaving eligible people unable to access legal help, a devastating report by the National Audit Office (NAO) has found
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Hugh James—Phil Edwards
Serious injury teambolstered by high-profile partner hire
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Freeths—Melanie Stancliffe
Firm strengthens employment team with partner hire
DAC Beachcroft—Tim Barr
Lawyers’ liability practice strengthened with partner appointment in London
NEWS
Tech companies will be legally required to prevent material that encourages or assists serious self-harm appearing on their platforms, under Online Safety Act 2023 regulations due to come into force in the autumn
Commercial leasehold, the defence of insanity and ‘consent’ in the criminal law are among the next tranche of projects for the Law Commission
The Bar has a culture of ‘impunity’ and ‘collusive bystanding’ in which making a complaint is deemed career-ending due to a ‘cohort of untouchables’ at the top, Baroness Harriet Harman KC has found
Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release
David Lammy, Ellie Reeves and Baroness Levitt have taken up office at the Ministry of Justice, following the cabinet reshuffle
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