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Legal departments become strategic business partners

The 2026 Law Department Management Benchmarking Report highlights legal departments’ evolution into strategic partners, providing data-driven insights that support efficient resource allocation and operational agility

Heathrow expansion consultation launches today

The government has initiated a consultation on the framework for planning decisions regarding Heathrow's third runway

New data reveals diversion’s impact on crime

Youth justice services are reshaping responses to youth offenders through early intervention and diversion strategies

Defendants claim $170 million in damages

In a landmark case, defendants are claiming over $170 million for alleged misuse of a freezing order

Dexia SA v Comune di Torino: English court upholds swap contracts after Turin's two-decade hedging strategy unravelled by low rates

The Commercial Court grants sweeping declaratory relief as Turin's challenge to interest rate swaps fails in full.

Coghlan v Lexlaw: the High Court sends a warning about deciding cases on unpleaded arguments

A summary judgement appeal is remitted after a judge decided a case that nobody had actually pleaded.

Roland Berger v Perrin: why a Stockport home address can anchor a £45m Middle East dispute in London

The Commercial Court refuses to stay proceedings despite the dispute's centre of gravity lying in the Middle East.

MA v FA and Ors: high court findings expose the architecture of transnational marriage abandonment

A husband planned a robbery in Pakistan to trap his wife there, the High Court has found.