THIS ISSUE
How do you boil a complex legal case down to a mathematical percentage? It’s not an easy process, as Philip Young, partner, Cooke Young & Keidan, explains in this week’s NLJ
Kennedys’ virtual work experience programme has had 10,000 enrolments in just over one year
Love a quiz? Most people do, which is what makes the annual Great Legal Quiz such a hit
Lawyers are urged to polish up their entries for ‘The Probies’, ahead of the 26 November deadline
Leasehold practitioners have reported low interest in commonhold since the government proposed reforms in January
Lawyers have stepped up their action on climate change, as global attention focuses on COP26
Family lawyers have expressed concerns over ‘revolutionary’ proposals by the president of the Family Division for greater transparency
The Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales (ICLR) launched its latest digital upgrade, ICLR.4, this week
Bar Council Chair Derek Sweeting QC hailed the £2.2bn extra for the courts, prison and probation services in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s Budget last week ‘a step in the right direction’, but warned there would still be a shortfall of funding
MOVERS & SHAKERS
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
NEWS
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
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
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?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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