THIS ISSUE
Sentencing
…and the cloud cuckoo land of legal nit-picking, by Geoffrey Bindman
Merging Firms, Benefits, Cultural Fit
In Brief :
Is the Commercial Court striking back? asks Khawar Qureshi QC
Haines v Hill and another [2007] EWCA Civ 1284, [2007] All ER (D) 56 (Dec)
Seamus Burns explores the legality of paired transplants
SUCCESS FEES,
DEFINITION OF BASE CHARGES,
DISPROPORTIONATE ACCRUAL OF COSTS
Finacial Services
Marc Beaumont questions the legality of SRA investigations and adjudications
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Weightmans—Emma Eccles & Mark Woodall
Firm bolsters Manchester insurance practice with double partner appointment
Gilson Gray—Linda Pope
Partner joins family law team inLondon
Jackson Lees Group—five promotions
Private client division announces five new partners
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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