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Withholding information as to a serious crime was once part of our common law: should it be again? Charles Davey sets out the case
Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, on the rise (and rise) of crypto recovery
With no automatic right to call experts in family proceedings, Dr Chris Pamplin considers how courts balance proportionality, fairness & delay
A recent case has provided a timely reminder of the key ingredients of the tort of misfeasance in public office: Nicholas Dobson reports
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Ethnicity, gender & territoriality in the Supreme Court
Ethnicity, gender & territoriality in the Supreme Court
Ethnicity, gender & territoriality in the Supreme Court
Professor Graham Zellick KC on the assertion that there is a ‘Welsh seat’ on the UK Supreme Court
From sanctions to Windrush & national security: the latest human rights & judicial review cases, rounded up by the team at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
David Bailey-Vella weighs up WhatsApp, ‘the file’, & the modern realities of costs disclosure
Andrew Francis tells some cautionary tales of restrictive covenants used for holiday & other short-term lettings
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Kingsley Napley—Kelly Greig & Abbie West-Kelsey
Firm strengthens international tax team with partner and tax manager hire
Dawson Cornwell—Russell Bywater
Family law firm appoints new managing partner and head of matrimonial department
Forbes Solicitors—Katy Parkinson & Paul Hatton
Employment and commercial offering strengthened by double hire
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Counsel for CILEX, for law centres, for the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers and for the Law Society laid out their arguments last week in the high-profile Mazur case
Commercial law is changing fast, driven by new technologies and the growing complexity of global markets. The University of Manchester’s LLM in International Commercial and Technology Law brings focus to that shift, highlighting the core areas that now define effective commercial legal work. By exploring corporate governance, data rights, fintech regulation and digital era intellectual property, this course gives professionals the insight they need to make informed, confident decisions in a rapidly evolving landscape
Making refugee status temporary and subject to review every 30 months will put pressure on an ‘already overstretched’ justice system, the Law Society has warned
Statutory limitation periods do not apply to unfair prejudice petitions brought under the Companies Act, the Supreme Court has held in a 4–1 majority decision, Lord Burrows dissenting
A Mental Capacity Act ‘best interests’ analysis must be undertaken for all treatment decisions for incapacitated adults, the Court of Appeal has held
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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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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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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
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