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The impact of the new government on housing and planning in the first 100 days

With a new Labour government now confirmed, Rebecca Mushing, specialist planning lawyer at Midlands-based Wright Hassall, looks at what this could mean for housing and the wider planning sector

The update to the Civil Procedure Rules concerning the use of alternative dispute resolution

Christopher Robinson, Committee Member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (LSLA) and Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, and Benjamin Foster, Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, share their views on the updated rules concerning the power of the courts to compel parties to engage in ADR

Is the Health and Safety Executive doing enough to address mental health at work?

Richard Reichman, a Partner at BCL Solicitors, shares his thoughts on the Health and Safety Executive’s action to address worsening mental health at work

Putting children’s rights at the heart of strategic litigation practice

Aoife Nolan, Professor of International Human Rights Law and Director of the Human Rights Law Centre, School of Law, University of Nottingham, provides details of the work carried out as part of the Advancing Child Rights Strategic Litigation project

Five lessons from a successful law firm merger

This year marks the fourth anniversary since Moore Blatch and Barlow Robbins came together to create a new law firm: Moore Barlow. Firm chair Helen Goatley shares the lessons that senior leadership learnt when bringing the two legacy firms together

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act: measures of success

Comment from the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) by Mark Wilson Director of Myleasehold

The impact of the Leasehold and Freehold Act on local authorities

Comment from the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners (ALEP) by Jeremy Dharmasena, Head of Leasehold Reform & Litigation, Knight Frank

Quiet quitting: the rise of a subtle resignation trend in modern workplaces

With the latest State of the Global Workforce 2024 report from Gallup highlighting that a whopping 90% of the UK workforce feel disengaged at work and are “quiet quitting,” leading employment lawyers Daniela Korn and Praveen Bhatia of media law firm Tan Ward take a closer look at this growing trend and its impact on businesses