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The justice budget suffered a ‘real terms cut’ in the Autumn Statement this week, lawyers have warned, despite Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s pledge to protect public services.

The five-year review of the judicial salary structure has been postponed, the Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab has confirmed.

The Law Society is marking Disability History Month (16 November to 16 December) by sharing stories from disabled legal professionals.

LexisNexis is to be the first information services business to support aspiring lawyers working at the organisation through the SQE (the Solicitors Qualifying Exam).

It is nearly time to put on the thinking caps, as the Great Legal Quiz returns on Wednesday 30 November.

Key points from the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement last week include a freeze on inheritance tax, income tax and national insurance allowances and thresholds until 2028, a capital gains tax allowance cut to £6,000 and a reduction in the top income tax threshold from £150,000 to £125,000.

Weightmans welcomes family law expert to Leeds office

Partner joins commercial property team in Cardiff

Forbes Solicitors announces largest cohort of 22 trainees

In the Autumn Statement 2022, on 17 November 2022, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, has announced changes to the total departmental spending (excluding depreciation) and capital investment figures for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), and set out the government’s commitment to reforming retained EU law.

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London firm announces acquisition of corporate team

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Head of corporate appointed following Teesside merger

Taylor Rose—Russell Jarvis

Firm expands into banking and finance sector with newly appointed head of banking

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NLJ this week: Mazur under scrutiny

Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys LLP [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) continues to stir controversy across civil litigation, according to NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School—AKA ‘The insider’

NLJ this week: Does dishonesty always mean strike-off?

SRA v Goodwin is a rare disciplinary decision where a solicitor found to have acted dishonestly avoided being struck off, says Clare Hughes-Williams of DAC Beachcroft in this week's NLJ. The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) imposed a 12-month suspension instead, citing medical evidence and the absence of harm to clients

NLJ this week: Potanin, prenups & privacy

In their latest Family Law Brief for NLJ, Ellie Hampson-Jones and Carla Ditz of Stewarts review three key family law rulings, including the latest instalment in the long-running saga of Potanin v Potanina

NLJ this week: Malaysia’s arbitration overhaul

The Asian International Arbitration Centre’s sweeping reforms through its AIAC Suite of Rules 2026, unveiled at Asia ADR Week, are under examination in this week's NLJ by John (Ching Jack) Choi of Gresham Legal

NLJ this week: Greed but no fraud in £1.4bn SKAT case

In this week's issue of NLJ, Yasseen Gailani and Alexander Martin of Quinn Emanuel report on the High Court’s decision in Skatteforvaltningen (SKAT) v Solo Capital Partners LLP & Ors [2025], where Denmark’s tax authority failed to recover £1.4bn in disputed dividend tax refunds

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Profession

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Hamlins—Maddox Legal

Ward Hadaway—Nik Tunley

Taylor Rose—Russell Jarvis