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The UK’s lawyers and other professionals will now find it easier to work in Switzerland, and vice versa, thanks to an agreement between the two countries.

Foreign judgments can serve as the basis for bankruptcy or winding-up petitions even if not formally recognised in the courts of England and Wales, two recent judgments confirm. However, the process is not automatic, as Lauren Pardoe, partner, and Camilla Pratt, senior associate, in Rosling King’s dispute resolution group, write in this week’s NLJ.

The courts have provided welcome clarity on enforcing foreign judgments in English insolvency proceedings: Lauren Pardoe & Camilla Pratt outline the opportunities & challenges

Dr Ping-fat Sze examines the reviewability of prosecutorial decisions, & the effect on access to justice

Donald Trump, populism and the UK Attorney General Richard Hermer KC’s (pictured) recent speech on the rule of law are explored in former JUSTICE director Roger Smith’s NLJ column this week.

How does UK law on neurorights compare to protections granted in other parts of the world? Part 4 of Harry Lambert and Bradley John-Davis’s fascinating series on neurotechnology and the law looks at neurotech law abroad, suggests the UK may be lagging behind, and explains that Latin America is leading the way.

It does proponents of the rule of law no harm to admit to its many uncertainties: Roger Smith warns against the temptation to oversimplify

In Part 4 of this series, Harry Lambert & Bradley John-Davis examine the global approach to protecting access to the data in our brains

Property and other immovables in England and Wales are protected from the reach of foreign judicial decisions, the Supreme Court has confirmed.

Cooke Young & Keidan team up with lawyers from Aikyam Law Offices in India to compare approaches to company wrongdoing

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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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International

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington