Sophia Roper
Barrister
Sophia Roper is deputy head of the Serjeants’ Inn Court of Protection Team (www.serjeantsinn.com; @serjeantsinn).
Barrister
Sophia Roper is deputy head of the Serjeants’ Inn Court of Protection Team (www.serjeantsinn.com; @serjeantsinn).
The courts in the time of coronavirus: Nageena Khalique QC & Sophia Roper report on successfully navigating a new way of working
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MOVERS & SHAKERS
Muckle LLP—Phoebe Gogarty
North East firm welcomes employment specialist
Browne Jacobson—Colette Withey
Partner joins commercial and technology practice
Ellisons—Lizzy Firmin
Chief operating officer joins equity partnership
NEWS
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) has restated a fundamental truth, writes John Gould, chair of Russell-Cooke, in this week's NLJ: only authorised persons can conduct litigation. The decision sparked alarm, but Gould stresses it merely confirms the Legal Services Act 2007
The government’s decision to make the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) the Single Professional Services Supervisor marks a watershed in the UK’s fight against money laundering, says Rebecca Hughes of Corker Binning in this week's NLJ. The FCA will now oversee 60,000 firms across legal and accountancy sectors—a massive expansion of remit that raises questions over resources and readiness
The High Court's decision in Parfitt v Jones [2025] EWHC 1552 (Ch) provided a striking reminder of the need to instruct the right expert in retrospective capacity assessments, says Ann Stanyer of Wedlake Bell in NLJ this week
Paige Coulter of Quinn Emanuel reports on the UK’s first statutory definition of SLAPPs under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, in NLJ this week
In this week's NLJ, Sophie Houghton of LexisPSL distils the key lesson from recent costs cases: if you want to exceed guideline hourly rates (GHR), you must prove why
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