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31 October 2012
Issue: 7536 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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Andrea Coomber - Justice

Andrea Coomber has been appointed the new director of Justice

Andrea is currently legal director of the international human rights organisation, Interights. She will take up her post in February 2013.

Andrea replaces Roger Smith OBE, who has been director since 2001. She will be Justice’s fifth director in its 55-year history.

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, chair of Justice’s council, says: “Andrea’s experience and dynamism will be a huge asset to Justice and its work on the rule of law, human rights and access to justice. I am confident she will be an exceptional director in the busy time ahead. I very much look forward to working with her.”

Issue: 7536 / Categories: Movers & Shakers
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

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

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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