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All change?

19 January 2018
Issue: 7777 / Categories: Legal News
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The once great office of Lord Chancellor is now seen as a ‘lowly’ position, with a ‘constant revolving door’ of occupants, David Greene, senior partner at Edwin Coe, writes in this week’s NLJ.

David Gauke became the sixth Lord Chancellor in six years last week. Previously, David Lidington spent six months in the role, Liz Truss 11 months and Michael Gove one year and four months. Chris Grayling spent two years and eight months as Lord Chancellor.

While welcoming a qualified lawyer to the role Greene said: ‘There was a time when the appointment had a degree of permanence about it. Now that has gone.

‘The Lord Chancellor is seen as just another minister and by all the evidence, a pretty lowly one. The result is that there is a distinct lack of continuity.'

Issue: 7777 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—19 appointments

DWF—19 appointments

Belfast team bolstered by three senior hires and 16 further appointments

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Cadwalader—Andro Atlaga

Firm strengthens leveraged finance team with London partner hire

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Knights—Ella Dodgson & Rebecca Laffan

Double hire marks launch of family team in Leeds

NEWS
The Supreme Court issued a landmark judgment in July that overturned the convictions of Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo, once poster boys of the Libor and Euribor scandal. In NLJ this week, Neil Swift of Peters & Peters considers what the ruling means for financial law enforcement
Bea Rossetto of the National Pro Bono Centre makes the case for ‘General Practice Pro Bono’—using core legal skills to deliver life-changing support, without the need for niche expertise—in this week's NLJ
Charlie Mercer and Astrid Gillam of Stewarts crunch the numbers on civil fraud claims in the English courts, in this week's NLJ. New data shows civil fraud claims rising steadily since 2014, with the King’s Bench Division overtaking the Commercial Court as the forum of choice for lower-value disputes
Small law firms want to embrace technology but feel lost in a maze of jargon, costs and compliance fears, writes Aisling O’Connell of the Solicitors Regulation Authority in this week's NLJ
Artificial intelligence may be revolutionising the law, but its misuse could wreck cases and careers, warns Clare Arthurs of Penningtons Manches Cooper in this week's NLJ
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