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15 May 2008
Issue: 7320 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Profession
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Fashion sense

News In Brief

Judges in England and Wales will have newly styled robes from 1 October 2008. Fashion designer, Betty Jackson, has designed the robes on a pro bono basis. High Court judges will have red robes for criminal proceedings all year, rather than sets for summer and winter. Court of Appeal and High Court judges in civil and family courts will no longer wear wigs, wing collars and bands; the new civil judge robes will be coloured according to seniority.

Issue: 7320 / Categories: Legal News , Procedure & practice , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

NEWS
The Financial Reporting Council’s revised Audit Enforcement Procedure will alter the balance of power in corporate investigations
A telecoms operator may be able to hold over under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, yet still be unable to secure a renewal: an outcome described as a legal ‘paradox’

Safety fears do not automatically justify shutting an interested person out of a statutory will application

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
The Supreme Court has settled a long-running dispute over part-time workers: unfavourable treatment need be a significant or effective cause, not the sole cause
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