Legal News

FirstRand, a hotly-anticipated Supreme Court judgment likely to arrive in July, could have far-reaching implications for the motor finance and wider financial services industries. In this week’s NLJ, Ceri Morgan, membership secretary of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, and knowledge counsel at Herbert Smith Freehills, explores the fiduciary duties involved, the key questions that will need to be answered by the Supreme Court, and the impact on the motor finance market

MPs have called for the resignation of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) leadership, in a scathing report on its handling of the Malkinson case

Certain sex offenders could be given chemical suppressants in future, under David Gauke’s overhaul of sentencing policy

A record-breaking 93 nationalities were represented in judgments issued by London’s commercial courts in the past year—including double the Russians

The public have a right to pitch their tents on Dartmoor Common, the Supreme Court has unanimously ruled

The Home Office will regain access to Europol DNA and criminal records, while export checks will be simplified for food, fish and farm products, under the UK-EU deal

The Law Commission has proposed increased protection against undue influence, an end to the ‘automatic revocation’ rule and the introduction of electronic wills

Family court judges are increasingly grappling with the admissibility of covert recording of children, professionals and other family members

Crown Prosecution Service silk Heidi Stonecliffe KC has been elected as the next Bar Council vice chair

Baroness Carr, the Lady Chief Justice, has set out a four-year programme of international work for the judiciary