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NLJ this week: The insider - An iron man, silk drawbacks they don’t tell you about, & three key cases in February

26 January 2024
Issue: 8056 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Profession , Costs , Constitutional law
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Professor Dominic Regan, aka NLJ’s The insider, has warm words for Sir Peter Fraser, the recently appointed Lord Justice

Sir Peter (who presided over the Bates v Post Office case) also answers to the name of ‘Iron Man’ (Regan reveals)—for other reasons apparently than his demeanour in court, as some readers might have wrongly assumed.

In this week’s NLJ, Regan will shock readers with news of an under-appreciated negative side-effect of silk appointment. All will be revealed in the column itself. Suffice to say, the professor recommends: ‘If you are lucky enough to be appointed, you should grab a pair of 80 denier tights as quickly as you can.’  

On a more serious note, Regan discusses three one-day-long appeals at the Supreme Court in February, ‘each of which is modest in value, but all of which have significant ramifications for the masses’. 

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney

Quinn Emanuel—James McSweeney

London promotion underscores firm’s investment in white collar and investigations

Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller

Ward Hadaway—Louise Miller

Private client team strengthened by partner appointment

NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal

NLJ Career Profile: Kate Gaskell, Flex Legal

Kate Gaskell, CEO of Flex Legal, reflects on chasing her childhood dreams underscores the importance of welcoming those from all backgrounds into the profession

NEWS
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
In Ward v Rai, the High Court reaffirmed that imprecise points of dispute can and will be struck out. Writing in NLJ this week, Amy Dunkley of Bolt Burdon Kemp reports on the decision and its implications for practitioners
Could the Supreme Court’s ruling in R v Hayes; R v Palombo unintentionally unsettle future complex fraud trials? Maia Cohen-Lask of Corker Binning explores the question in NLJ this week
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