Budget 25: Government mulls ban on non-compete clauses
An outright ban on non-compete causes in employment contracts is among the options proposed in a working paper published alongside yesterday’s budget. According to the consultation document, such clauses 'play a part in restricting employee movement, limiting knowledge spillovers and can undermine incentives for innovation'.
Fallout from US ruling on 'addiction'
Social media.
Final FCA rules sharpen focus on individual accountability and enforcement risk
Motor finance redress.
Evidential tension highlighted by LP v MP
Family and criminal law.
What is judicial review and what is it for?
Local government.
Payne Hicks Beach toasts record growth and profits
Venerable Lincoln’s Inn outfit whose partners include feared divorce lawyer Fiona Shackleton is growing rapidly amid a strategic overhaul.
In depth: Litigation funders tap private credit market
As more traditional investment sources dry up, litigation funders are seeking to tap the private credit market. But the industry will have to adapt if such capital flows are to endure.
Birmingham solicitors tell SRA to stop policing bullying and sexual misconduct
Biggest local law society says SRA is perceived as remote and lacking in empathy.
Law Society issues new guidance post-Mazur
Firms must 'review procedures to make sure these document steps involved in litigation processes and who carries each of these out'.
Asset recovery in cross-border insolvencies
Commercial law.
Letters roundup
Fearmongering 'lawfare' claims, domestic violence legal aid, and the silk system: your letters to the editor.
Best of the blogs -11 April 2026
Missed our blogs this week? Here’s our top five…
Mazur’s watching brief
I asked a well-known solicitor toiling at a regional full-service firm how the Court of Appeal’s landmark decision in Mazur (In Focus, p8-9) has been interpreted in the ‘boardroom’.
Conveyancers should contact clients 'even if there are no updates'
Legal ombudsman keen to address 18% jump in complaints related to residential conveyancing.
Client was right to feel aggrieved but not entitled to damages
National firm admits breaching its duty of care on property deal advice but denied causing any loss.
Timetable to be revealed for clinical negligence action plan
Treasury circumspect on specific changes - but stresses that reform is in the public interest.
'1948 relic': Personal injury lobby faces new fight to cling onto private health costs
NHS is effectively being double-charged by injured people, says MP behind private member's bill.
Fallout from US ruling on 'addiction'
Social media.
