Issue: Vol 161, Issue 7468

Court rules treatment of council head in Baby P case was “intrinsically unfair”

LSB to undertake further review in 2013

UK lawyers should take heart from the news that confidence is riding high among their colleagues across the pond.

An independent finance provider has reported a surge in the number of law firms seeking funds for their VAT bills following HMRC’s decision to wind up its “Time to Pay” scheme.

Lawyers have topped the list of entries in this year’s Standard Chartered Great City Race, due to take place on 14 July.

EU member states which prohibited non-nationals from becoming notaries breached EU law, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

The Court of Appeal has reversed the first instance decision in C v D [2011] EWCA Civ 646, which concerned a dispute over land.

Former Court of Appeal judge Lord Justice Wilson was sworn in last week as a justice of the Supreme Court at a ceremony at the Parliament Square court building.

Deborah Evans, former CEO of the Legal Complaints Service, has been appointed chief executive of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers.

IBB Solicitors has appointed Jacqui Skovron as a senior solicitor to the specialist residential development and strategic land team.