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Behind the polished exterior, many lawyers are running on empty: Annmarie Carvalho weighs up the emotional cost of legal practice
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Artificial intelligence, proportionality & purpose are under the spotlight in the latest round-up by the team at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

John Gould examines whether the current regime for solicitor-client fee disputes has outlived its purpose

The English law of equity is growing in value as the courts deal with digital assets, writes Brian Patrick Bolger

Laura Tanguay on what a recent decision teaches us about handshake deals & property ownership

The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 received royal assent earlier in the spring, bringing to an end centuries of tradition, writes Neil Parpworth

The drive to arbitration: Lindsey Sasson compares & contrasts Uber’s British & US legal strategies

Lucy Hitchen ponders whether appointing an expert could have produced a different outcome in a recent case

Robert Taylor assesses the merits of AI contract review in a heavily regulated, complex, technical, cross-border industry
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NLJ Career Profile: Greg Cox, Simpson Millar

NLJ Career Profile: Greg Cox, Simpson Millar

Simpson Millar CEO Greg Cox talks landmark cases, legal reform and why the profession is crying out for more simplicity

Winckworth Sherwood—Lee Ranford

Winckworth Sherwood—Lee Ranford

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Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
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