THIS ISSUE
Lawyers are failing to uphold ethical standards in a range of ways from misleading courts to misusing non-disclosure agreements, the Legal Services Board (LSB) has said.
The Sentencing Council has revised its guidance for magistrates and judges on the principles to follow when imposing community orders and custodial sentences.
A government white paper issued this week has set out plans to reinvigorate commonhold and make it the default tenure.
Law undergraduates across the UK are invited to take part in this year’s International Law Book Facility (ILBF) essay competition.
Paul Philip, chief executive of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), is to retire this year after 11 years in the role, as soon as a replacement is hired.
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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