Geoffrey Cox QC MP has been appointed Attorney General, taking over from Jeremy Wright QC MP. Wright is now Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Cox, MP for Torridge and West Devon, co-founded Thomas More Chambers and is a member of the Criminal Bar Association. He will cease private practice as a barrister. In his new role he will advise the government and attend Cabinet. Cox said: ‘I look forward to working with the Solicitor General to play my part in making law and politics work together at the heart of the UK constitution.’
12 July 2018
Attorney General Cox takes over
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Penningtons Manches Cooper—Gary Walsh
Marine finance partner strengthens Penningtons Manches Cooper's banking and finance practice
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Sidley—Elaine Whiteford
Sidley adds competition litigator Elaine Whiteford in London
NEWS
The cross-party Justice Select Committee has warned legal aid is now a ‘service in managed decline’ due to ministers’ ‘inadequate’ and ‘disappointing’ response to its concerns
It would not be in the public interest to bring contempt proceedings against MI5 for providing unreliable evidence about its policy of ‘neither confirming nor denying’ someone worked for the intelligence services, the High Court has held
The Civil Justice Council has recommended a practice direction (PD) be drawn up to advise lawyers on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in court documents
Courts modernisation champion and technology enthusiast Sir Geoffrey Vos has retired after an extraordinary career
Practitioners have welcomed two autumn budget reforms relating to inheritance tax on pensions
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