The Court of Appeal has halted the expanding scope for correcting the defendant party after limitation expires, reports Sarah Crowther
Cheating in driving tests is gathering speed, & the road frequently ends in custody, writes Neil Parpworth
Data protection law already provides the tools to tackle intimate image abuse: it is time for those in power to act, says Jon Belcher
How alien a concept is democracy in solicitors’ firms? Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Penningtons Manches Cooper—Robert Dransfield
London medical negligence practice strengthened by senior partner hire
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DAC Beachcroft—seven appointments
Firm boosts professional risk practice with team hire in Manchester, led by partner Ben Parks
Doyle Clayton—Benedicte Perowne
Workplace law firm appoints new head of regulatory team
The Court of Appeal has slammed the brakes on claimants trying to swap defendants after limitation has expired. In Adcamp LLP v Office Properties and BDB Pitmans v Lee [2026] EWCA Civ 50, it overturned High Court rulings that had allowed substitutions under s 35(6)(b) of the Limitation Act 1980, reports Sarah Crowther of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ
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A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
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Digital informality meets hard-edged costs law. In this week's NLJ, David Bailey-Vella, chair of the Association of Costs Lawyers and legal director at Pogust Goodhead, examines MacInnes v DWF Law LLP, in which the Senior Courts Costs Office held that if a firm bills for WhatsApp work, those messages form part of the ‘file’—even if stored on personal devices
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Mark Hastings, founding partner of Quillon Law, on turning dreams into reality and pushing back on preconceptions about partnership
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A former Commerzbank analyst has been sentenced to eight months in prison for lying during an employment tribunal hearing
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Personal injury lawyers have welcomed a government U-turn on a ‘substantial prejudice’ defence that risked enabling defendants in child sexual abuse civil cases to have proceedings against them dropped
