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Contentious business agreements: Riddle me this… Premium Content

If the essence of a contentious business agreement is certainty, why are we still confused? Victoria Morrison-Hughes

Taking the Chiltern Hundreds Premium Content

Neil Parpworth traces the history of the constitutional & controversial device that enables MPs to resign

Lessons from Uttlesford Premium Content

Section 62A: Joel Semakula & David Poole track the pros & cons of taking this alternative route to securing planning permission

Fifty years of righting consumer wrongs Premium Content

Catherine Cain, senior solicitor at Which?, on why AI can’t replace the human touch

Apart but together? Premium Content

Charlotte Andrews explores the limits of LASPO 2012’s family categories & the role of exceptional case funding in inquests

Disclosure defaults tackled Premium Content

Bhavul Haria & Daniel Sheehan explain why serious disclosure failures did not end hundreds of former players’ brain injury claims

When the truth yurts Premium Content

Harry Hatwell pitches in on unstable wedding venues & the right to a price reduction

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Mário Barroso, Head of R&D and Method Development at AlphaBiolabs, examines the role of expert interpretation in providing fair, accurate hair drug and alcohol test results for family proceedings

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Masood Ahmed & Dr Lal Akhter unscramble a case of suppliers, hens & the Lion Code

*Partner copy* Short timeframes and late-arriving evidence *Partner copy* Short timeframes and late-arriving evidence

Case study with Dr Russell Keenan, Director of the Expert Witness Gateway

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Trowers & Hamlins—Paul Batchelor

Trowers Hamlins strengthens Birmingham Office with senior corporate partner hire

Birketts—trainee appointments

Birketts welcomes largest ever Trainee Solicitor cohort for 2026

Sidley—James Sherlock

Sidley Expands Private Equity Practice With James Sherlock in London

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NLJ this week: Family ties count

A divorced woman has secured funding to participate in her former husband’s inquest after the Legal Aid Agency reconsidered repeated refusals

NLJ this week: Rugby claims reprieved

More than 500 former rugby players can pursue brain injury claims despite serious failures to disclose documents ordered by the High Court

NLJ this week: Planning’s direct route

Developers in areas with poorly performing councils can apply directly to the Planning Inspectorate for permission under section 62A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990

NLJ this week: Thirlwall inquiry’s unfinished business

The Thirlwall Inquiry has exposed a ‘complete failure’ to protect babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital, but its recommendations must now be put into practice

NLJ this week: The cost of uncertainty

When does a solicitor’s retainer become a contentious business agreement? The Court of Appeal’s decision in Broadfield Law UK LLP v Barnes shows that listing hourly rates alone will not do, leaving firms and clients uncertain about their rights over bills

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