THIS ISSUE
Lawyers recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list include Suffolk Law Centre founder Audrey Ludwig, and Reed Smith partner and former chair of the Black Solicitors’ Network Paulette Mastin
City law firms are rallying behind the One Billable Hour campaign, launched by social mobility champions Be the Ladder and law firm Moore Barlow
The Legal Services Consumer Panel (LSCP), which advises the Legal Services Board on regulation, has reiterated its call for lawyers to be made to publish data on all complaints they receive
The Law Society and Bar Council have welcomed extra funding for the justice system including the courts in Chancellor Rachel Reeve’s spending review
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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