Could a split model improve settlement outcomes in financial remedy cases, ask Rachel Frost-Smith & Lauren Guiler
Mike Somekh on the unintended effects of leasehold reform on resident‑controlled freeholds
Nick Smallwood weighs up the legal reality of social media bans: what would they mean for platforms, parents & regulators?
Nicholas Dobson examines the vindication of two officers who took action against the Police Federatio
English law assumes human arbitrators, but AI decision-makers may have a role to play, writes Daniel Kessler
MOVERS & SHAKERS
NLJ Career Profile: Nick Vernon, Walkers Bermuda
Nick Vernon of Walkers on swapping Birmingham for Bermuda and building an employment practice by the sea
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Bird & Bird—Christian Bartsch
Global firm re-elects CEO for second term
Fletchers Group—Miriam Hall
Business appoints managing director of operational excellence
From blockbuster judgments to procedural shake-ups, the courts are busy reshaping litigation practice. Writing in NLJ this week, Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School hails the Court of Appeal's 'exquisite judgment’ in Mazur restoring the role of supervised non-qualified staff, and highlights a ‘mammoth’ damages ruling likened to War and Peace, alongside guidance on medical reporting fees, where a pragmatic 25% uplift was imposed
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Reforms designed to rebalance landlord-tenant relations may instead penalise leaseholders themselves. In this week's NLJ, Mike Somekh of The Freehold Collective warns that the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 risks creating an ‘underclass’ of resident-controlled freehold companies
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Firm boosts partnership and costs practice with five senior promotions
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The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
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Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
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Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
