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James Wilson, managing editor, LexisNexis

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James Wilson, managing editor, LexisNexis

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James Wilson revisits the landmark discrimination case of Constantine v Imperial Hotel

James Wilson recalls Ward LJ’s frustration at the proliferation of litigants in person

"Darling’s chief crime was what Bacon called a lack of gravity; for more modern readers he seems to have been something of a David Brent"

James Wilson finds one of Mark Twain’s biggest fans in the Court of Appeal

James Wilson revisits the trail of Donoghue v Stevenson

James Wilson salutes an iconic litigant in person

James Wilson takes the Burchill v Berkoff libel battle at face value

James Wilson revisits Liberace’s libel case

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Osbornes Law—Alex McMahon, Andrew Middlehurst & Harriet McMorrin

Homegrown hat-trick: Osbornes Law promotes three former trainees to partner

mfg Solicitors—Sarah Bradford

Partner arrival boosts law firm’s growing real estate team

Freeths—David Smith

Freeths secures major tax hire with appointment of David Smith

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Good faith test is objective, rules Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has clarified the scope of a director’s duty, in a case where a chairman’s good intentions went awry due to the pandemic

Fisher review urges tough action on digital fraud

Digital fraud is ‘baffling policymakers, investigators, prosecutors and enforcers’, leaving ‘a massive justice gap’, the author of a government-commissioned independent review has warned

Regulatory overseer must do better

Richard Lloyd’s independent review of the Legal Services Board (LSB) has delivered a devastating verdict, accusing the super-regulator of having ‘lost its way in recent years’

Hillsborough Law imposes duty of candour

The House of Commons has passed the Hillsborough Law, in a historic achievement for campaigners, survivors and families of those who died in the 1989 stadium collapse

Judging statistics show mixed bag on diversity progress

Judicial statistics show a steady rise in the number of female judges and Asian and mixed ethnicity judges in the past ten years—however, progress in terms of representation has stalled for both Black lawyers and for solicitors

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James Wilson

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Osbornes Law—Alex McMahon, Andrew Middlehurst & Harriet McMorrin

mfg Solicitors—Sarah Bradford

Freeths—David Smith