Artificial intelligence, proportionality & purpose are under the spotlight in the latest round-up by the team at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
The English law of equity is growing in value as the courts deal with digital assets, writes Brian Patrick Bolger
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
Lucy Hitchen ponders whether appointing an expert could have produced a different outcome in a recent case
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Charles Russell Speechlys—Nadim Meer
Private equity specialist joins corporate team as partner
Mayo Wynne Baxter—Belinda Mercer & Rohit Walia
Firm strengthens employment team with two solicitor appointments
NLJ Career Profile: Maynard Burton, High Sheriff of Worcestershire
After more than four decades in law, former mfg Solicitors chairman Maynard Burton reflects on leadership and his new role as High Sheriff of Worcestershire
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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
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Declarations of trust signed shortly before an entrepreneur’s death were ‘sham’, the High Court has held in a decision with implications for solicitors and independent administrators
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The Senior Salaries Review Board has recommended a pay rise for judges while expressing concern about the quality of applicants, and judicial morale and physical safety
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Affifa Farrukh & John F Mayberry argue the case for radical & urgent reform of the medical examiner role
