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By 2030, developing countries will provide 97% of global growth, four-fifths of the global population will have a digital identity, artificial intelligence will become so trusted that it gets a vote on the board, and 85% of jobs don’t currently exist.

The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has issued an update on the Environment Bill, which returned to Parliament on 26 May 2021 for Report Stage and Third Reading.

A pro bono initiative to promote clauses in legal contracts that will help deliver action on climate change has been launched by Thomson Reuters Legal.

The government has announced that it is to legally bind the UK to reducing emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels.

Government policy supporting a third runway at Heathrow is lawful, the Supreme Court has held

John McElroy & Luke Grimes examine climate change litigation in England and Wales

Views are sought on a draft guide to climate risks for pension schemes

Climate change nuisance litigation: a potential US export, asks Gordon Wignall

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Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

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NLJ this week: Motor commissions & fiduciary duties

The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings

NLJ this week: The power of Interpol red notices

Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ

NLJ this week: Approach with caution post-Mazur

Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?

Philip Sales is selected as next Deputy President

Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year

Tax shock ahead for partners?

Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget

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Climate change litigation

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington