THIS ISSUE
Traffic commissioner etiquette; a spot of SI trouble; latest FPR update; lessors clobbered online; second bite for flight delays; family overspending.
Brice Dickson analyses the composition & key judgments of the Supreme Court in 2022
With an explosion of interest in governance in recent years, now is the time for you to add this qualification to your portfolio
What could the English court system learn from its counterparts overseas? Philip Sinel runs through some areas for improvement
Where is this generation’s Rumpole? Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC worries that the legal profession has lost its sense of humour
All eight legal regulators need to be more transparent and make more robust decisions, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has declared.
Members of the public across the three main parties support legal aid, research has shown.
Some 770 defendants have been incarcerated for more than two years awaiting trial, as the justice system buckles under the pressure of ever-increasing numbers of prisoners on remand.
CILEX has acquired the Institute of Paralegals (IoP) and its voluntary regulator, the Professional Paralegal Register (PPR).
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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