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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.

Is our democracy under threat? In this week’s NLJ, Michael Zander KC reviews (an alarming) speech by Professor Sir Jeffrey Jowell KC on the subject of the UK’s constitution. 

Is your firm’s website up to scratch? With law firms seen as the ‘biggest laggers’ in adopting a slick online presence, digital agency Indie Ridge sets out the importance of upgrading your web output in NLJ this week.

Five years on, what impact has the #MeToo movement had on employment laws in the US & around the world? Rebecca Torrey provides a progress report

TLT elects Sasha Butterworth as senior partner