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In a joint Q&A with NLJ, Ian Skelt and Dijen Basu QC (pictured) of Serjeants’ Inn’s police practice team compare notes on heroes, challenges & changes within the profession

Board welcomes non-executive director

Triple promotion adds three partners

London office strengthens privacy practice with partner hire

Firm welcomes Chief Operating Officer

Firm announces five partners across the UK

Partner recruited to lead property litigation

The lack of judges in the civil courts is ‘unsustainable’ and requires ‘urgent’ action, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett has warned

Lawyers give a mixed reaction to a £300m court for fraud, cybercrime and economic crime cases that is to be built in London.

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

HFW—Simon Petch

HFW—Simon Petch

Global shipping practice expands with experienced ship finance partner hire

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NLJ Career Profile: Mark Hastings, Quillon Law

NLJ Career Profile: Mark Hastings, Quillon Law

Mark Hastings, founding partner of Quillon Law, on turning dreams into reality and pushing back on preconceptions about partnership

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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