Khawar Qureshi QC considers the enforcement of a foreign judgment against a sovereign state
Initial responses to Jackson LJ’s Final Report focused on the headline grabbing proposals such as an end to the recovery of success fees and insurance premiums, one-way costs shifting and a ban on referral fees.
There is no shortage of critics of the family justice system. Family charities allege bias in the law so far as it relates to their members, senior judges complain that there is insufficient funding to properly protect children, Ofsted continues to criticise Cafcass, and politicians have finally woken up to the fact that the system should be viewed in its socio-economic and public health context.
Pro bono costs orders: levelling the playing field? By George Gordon
Chris Bryden & Michael Salter on the employee fallout from the eruption
Will the Revised PLP remedy some of the problems of the family law system? Rosie Schumm reports
Andrew Burns examines the insurance angles of recent PI claims
Once a highway, always a highway? asks John Summers
Charles Brasted & Julia Marlow highlight the significance of a decision being quashed due to mistake of fact
Tony Lewis & Charlotte Ovans consider the Bribery Act 2010 & a global approach to anti-corruption
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Gibson Dunn—London partner promotions
Firm grows international bench with expanded UK partner class
Shakespeare Martineau—six appointments
Firm makes major statement in the capital with strategic growth at The Shard
Myers & Co—Jess Latham
Residential conveyancing team expands with solicitor hire
