Judicial review provides a crucial route for the public to hold public bodies to account for their decisions.

Weightmans has won several top accolades at the LexisNexis Awards 2025. As voted for by the legal community, the firm’s managing partner, John Schorah, was announced Legal Personality of the Year at ...

Welcome to Weightmans. We're a leading national law firm, with strong international capabilities. From FTSE-100 companies to family-owned businesses, from public sector organisations to individuals — ...

Employment law continues to evolve at a fast pace, including but not limited to the passage of the current Employment Rights Bill through Parliament. In addition, the appeal courts continue to provide ...

In another helpful judgment for compensators the court confirmed in QRC & 2 others v A Local Authority that the claimants’ data breach claims were suitable for the small claims track (SCT ). Costs in ...

Employment status is important, both from a tax and employment rights perspective. Employees have tax deducted at the highest rates of the three but have the most rights. At the other end of the ...

Weightmans has welcomed three new partners to its Manchester office. The healthcare litigation team is joined by Jessica Neary, formerly a partner at Hill Dickinson. Jessica specialises in clinical ...

The process is started by making an Application to Court. Once issued, your Application will be sent to your spouse for acknowledgement, and after 20 weeks you will be able to apply for the ...

In a rare case on closure orders, the High Court determined that the start date of a closure order can be deferred. On 28 November 2023, District Judge Daley, sitting at Hull Magistrates Court granted ...

CPR 1.4(2)(e): ordering or encouraging the parties to use, and facilitating the use of, alternative dispute resolution CPR 3.1(o): ordering the parties to engage in alternative dispute resolution CPR ...