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Chief Master Shuman on her trailblazing appointment to the Chancery Division, the importance of stepping out of the comfort zone, & going back to basics on diversity: an interview with Grania Langdon-Down

Chief Master Shuman made legal history as the first woman appointed Chief Chancery Master

Tony Allen, solicitor and CEDR Chambers mediator, continues his series of articles on whether mediation can be compulsorily ordered, in this week’s NLJ

Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor at School of Law, University of Greenwich, sets out what and what not to do if you want to win a moot, in this week’s NLJ. Keep it ‘simple and intelligible’, he cautions

Could the government have used the pandemic as cover for attacks on trial by jury or even the criminal justice system as a whole?

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) could take legal action against the government over changes to its pension scheme, which it says will make firefighters pay the cost of age discrimination introduced by the government into the scheme

Lawyers have welcomed the opening of the second ‘super courtroom’ for criminal cases

Law firm BLM has launched a subscription-based legal support service, which offers clients an alternative way to buy legal services

Barristers from ethnic minority backgrounds find it harder to secure pupillage and face systemic obstacles throughout their career, according to a report by the Bar Council’s Race Working Group

The Sentencing Council has launched its strategy for the next five years, committing itself to five objectives

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University of Manchester: The LLM driving tech-focused career growth

Manchester’s online LLM has accelerated career progression for its graduates

mfg Solicitors—Philip Chapman

Regional firm strengthens corporate team with partner hire

Winckworth Sherwood—Sarbjeet Gill

Firm boosts real estate development team with partner hire

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Oatly loses long-running ‘milk’ war with dairy farmers

Swedish company Oatly has lost its bid to trademark the term ‘post milk generation’, after the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favour of the dairy industry trade association, Dairy UK

‘Seismic’ ruling makes AI patentable

It is possible to obtain a UK patent for an artificial intelligence (AI) machine which uses artificial neural networks (ANNs), the Supreme Court has held

General counsel role in flux, says report

The current state of geopolitics is so volatile it is ‘fundamentally reshaping’ the role of general counsel, according to a report by a global network of law firms

Perils of incorrect service highlighted

The High Court has clarified how winding-up petitions must be served, in a decision with implications for 30,000 UK businesses using the Companies House default address for official mail

Legal Services Board under the microscope

The ‘statutory remit’ of super-regulator the Legal Services Board (LSB) is to come under scrutiny in a government review

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Profession

MOVERS & SHAKERS

University of Manchester: The LLM driving tech-focused career growth

mfg Solicitors—Philip Chapman

Winckworth Sherwood—Sarbjeet Gill