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Employment tribunal delays are reshaping litigation strategy

Prolonged Tribunal backlogs are transforming employer strategy, settlement dynamics, and case management

Crisis in legal sector parent support

A recent survey indicates legal sector parents experience higher stress than those in other industries, raising alarm

CILEX urges regulators to enhance access

CILEX criticises legal regulators for not doing enough to improve access and diversity within the legal profession

Swire v Canterbury City Council: EIA screening, park and ride capacity, and the limits of cumulative assessment

High Court dismisses judicial review of A2 slip road planning permission — [2026] EWHC 478 (Admin)

Shah Ali v General Medical Council: erasure upheld following persistent lack of insight

A doctor's removal from the medical register was confirmed after successive tribunals identified an entrenched failure to accept responsibility for two serious matters.

XY, Re: welfare deputyship, internet use and the court's ultimate authority

Internet and social media decisions fall outside standard welfare deputyship authority; the Court of Protection retains ultimate best interests jurisdiction regardless of deputy appointment.

SJ Interview: Ben Aram

Ben Aram is UK Managing Partner at Kennedys and co-head of its Corporate & Commercial division. A solicitor specialising in international arbitration and commercial litigation, he has led the expansion of the firm’s UK corporate practice and helped launch its global ESG group. In this interview, he reflects on law-firm leadership, scaling practices, partnership governance, and the skills lawyers need in a changing market.

Power Shifts, Responsibility Holds

From AI liability and freezing injunctions to private equity governance and regulatory reform, this issue traces a legal system adapting to new pressures while keeping accountability firmly human.

Lucie Wood rejoins Forbes Solicitors team

Lucie Wood has returned to Forbes Solicitors as a partner after a successful stint at Cobden House Chambers

Hunton embraces Wexler for litigation improvement

US law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP has integrated Wexler, an AI-native fact intelligence platform, into its global litigation practice to support deposition processes, trial preparation, and early case assessments. The decision followed a thorough evaluation of available litigation technologies, leading the firm to adopt Wexler to assist attorneys in surfacing essential facts, detecting inconsistencies, and engaging more deeply with the evidential record as cases develop. The platform is already operational among litigation teams including partners throughout the firm.