Paola Fudakowska

Special counsel

Paola Fudakowska, special counsel, Withers LLP (paola.fudakowska@withersworldwide.com; www.withersworldwide.com)

Special counsel

Paola Fudakowska, special counsel, Withers LLP (paola.fudakowska@withersworldwide.com; www.withersworldwide.com)

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Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason return with an update on family rifts, mistakes & undue influence

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason return with a wills & probate update

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason report on recent wills & probate disputes

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason analyse solicitors’ duties in estate matters

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason examine recent wills & probate decisions

Paola Fudakowska & Henrietta Mason provide a wills & probate update

Henrietta Mason & Paola Fudakowska provide a wills & probate update

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

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Freeths—Rachel Crosier

Projects and rail practices strengthened by director hire in London

Bird & Bird—Gordon Moir

London tech and comms team boosted by telecoms and regulatory hires

DWF—Stephen Hickling

Real estate team in Birmingham welcomes back returning partner

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Legal Action Group set out 2026 events calendar

The Legal Action Group (LAG)—the UK charity dedicated to advancing access to justice—has unveiled its calendar of training courses, seminars and conferences designed to support lawyers, advisers and other legal professionals in tackling key areas of public interest law

NLJ this week: When saying no to mediation pays

Refusing ADR is risky—but not always fatal. Writing in NLJ this week, Masood Ahmed and Sanjay Dave Singh of the University of Leicester analyse Assensus Ltd v Wirsol Energy Ltd: despite repeated invitations to mediate, the defendant stood firm, made a £100,000 Part 36 offer and was ultimately ‘wholly vindicated’ at trial

NLJ this week: Mandelson, Epstein & the court of popular opinion

As the drip-feed of Epstein disclosures fuels ‘collateral damage’, the rush to cry misconduct in public office may be premature. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke of Hill Dickinson warns that the offence is no catch-all for political embarrassment. It demands a ‘grave departure’ from proper standards, an ‘abuse of the public’s trust’ and conduct ‘sufficiently serious to warrant criminal punishment’

NLJ this week: Volunteers, promotions & perilous appeals

Employment law is shifting at the margins. In his latest Employment Law Brief for NLJ this week, Ian Smith of Norwich Law School examines a Court of Appeal ruling confirming that volunteers are not a special legal species and may qualify as ‘workers’

NLJ this week: How sure is ‘sure’ enough?

Criminal juries may be convicting—or acquitting—on a misunderstanding. Writing in NLJ this week Paul McKeown, Adrian Keane and Sally Stares of The City Law School and LSE report troubling survey findings on the meaning of ‘sure’

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Paola Fudakowska

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Freeths—Rachel Crosier

Bird & Bird—Gordon Moir

DWF—Stephen Hickling