THIS ISSUE
Senior paralegals are invited to apply to become judges of first-tier tribunals (in two roles: Fee Paid Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Social Entitlement Chamber, and Fee Paid Immigration Judge of the First-tier Tribunal, Immigration and Asylum Chamber).
UCL Laws has launched the Judicial Institute, the UK’s first research centre focusing on the judiciary. The Institute will look at how judges are appointed, how they reach decisions, the operation of the courts and the relationship between the judiciary and other social institutions and branches of government.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Kingsley Napley—Claire Green
Firm announces appointment of chief legal officer
Weightmans—Emma Eccles & Mark Woodall
Firm bolsters Manchester insurance practice with double partner appointment
Gilson Gray—Linda Pope
Partner joins family law team inLondon
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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