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Criminal and human rights practitioner Kirsty Brimelow KC has been elected vice chair of the Bar Council for 2025 

Firm welcomes three partners in London & Liverpool

US litigation firm Quinn Emanuel has become the second firm to hike salaries for London newly qualified associates to £180,000

TLT recruits asset finance specialist

Two additions to firm’s debt & asset recovery team

Two new partners at the London-based firm

Specialist insurance firm announces new managing partner

Now a partner at Edmonds Marshall McMahon, Satnam Tumani has more than 30 years’ experience in fraud and corruption prosecutions, including 18 years at the Serious Fraud Office. He talks to NLJ about some particularly challenging cases, and his long-term 'unrealistic' plan to head for the mountains

Three partner promotions in Cardiff & Southampton

New head of information law joins firm in Bristol

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Birketts—trainee cohort

Birketts—trainee cohort

Firm welcomes new cohort of 29 trainee solicitors for 2025

Keoghs—four appointments

Keoghs—four appointments

Four partner hires expand legal expertise in Scotland and Northern Ireland

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Brabners—Ben Lamb

Real estate team in Yorkshire welcomes new partner

NEWS
Robert Taylor of 360 Law Services warns in this week's NLJ that adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) risks entrenching disadvantage for SME law firms, unless tools are tailored to their needs
The Court of Protection has ruled in Macpherson v Sunderland City Council that capacity must be presumed unless clearly rebutted. In this week's NLJ, Sam Karim KC and Sophie Hurst of Kings Chambers dissect the judgment and set out practical guidance for advisers faced with issues relating to retrospective capacity and/or assessments without an examination
Delays and dysfunction continue to mount in the county court, as revealed in a scathing Justice Committee report and under discussion this week by NLJ columnist Professor Dominic Regan of City Law School. Bulk claims—especially from private parking firms—are overwhelming the system, with 8,000 cases filed weekly
Charles Pigott of Mills & Reeve charts the turbulent progress of the Employment Rights Bill through the House of Lords, in this week's NLJ
From oligarchs to cosmetic clinics, strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs) target journalists, activists and ordinary citizens with intimidating legal tactics. Writing in NLJ this week, Sadie Whittam of Lancaster University explores the weaponisation of litigation to silence critics
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