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The Hearing: English law’s international reputation at risk; and don’t dwell on Supreme Court’s trip up North

Welcome to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the litigation market. Did you enjoy your ride on the Truss-coaster? As Rishi Sunak stood outside Downing Street on Tuesday morning, a light sprinkling of stability seemed to fall on the country. Everything’s relative though. Just take Dominic Raab’s return to the MoJ, which marks the […]

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The Hearing: expect more climate actions; and watch funders and the Bar – they’re taking your talent

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, The Lawyer’s indispensable weekly insight into the litigation market. This week’s edition has a distinctly “career coach” feel. The disputes recruitment market, already heating up as firms prepare for more counter-cyclical work, is now also facing competition from the outside due to increasingly popular paths that solicitors are […]

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The Hearing: litigation funders want to invest in firms; don’t worry about European regulation; and start prepping for the LDI fallout

Welcome to your second edition of The Hearing, The Lawyer’s indispensable weekly insight into the litigation market. You can’t leave your house these days without someone running past you screaming “recession!” (still, better than that time when we actually couldn’t leave the house), and now you’ll be bombarded by The Lawyer too, as this week’s instalment […]

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The Hearing: Your new weekly guide to the litigation market

Welcome to the first edition of The Hearing: your weekly insider’s guide to what’s happening in the world of litigation. Each week, The Lawyer’s Adam Mawardi and Christian Smith will bring you (during the court term) a mixture of what we’re hearing about the UK disputes market and beyond, from moves and trends to news […]