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LawWorks 2021

15 December 2021
Issue: 7961 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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Nottingham Law School Legal Advice Centre, Cardiff Lawyers Care Advice Clinic and Whitechapel Legal Advice Clinic were among the nine category winners at the Annual LawWorks Pro Bono Awards last week, sponsored by LexisNexis, the Law Society and Salesforce

Bates Wells, Clifford Chance, DLA Piper and Deighton Peirce Glynn were among firms recognised. The junior lawyers award went to Lucy Clifford, Travers Smith, while Louise McCarthy, Sidley Austin won best contribution by an individual. LawWorks chair of trustees, Alasdair Douglas said the winners and finalists ‘all deserve recognition and celebration of their work and the difference they make in enabling access to justice, especially over what was another challenging year’.

Issue: 7961 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Gilson Gray—Linda Pope

Partner joins family law team inLondon

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Jackson Lees Group—five promotions

Private client division announces five new partners

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Taylor Wessing—Max Millington

Banking and finance team welcomes partner in London

NEWS
The landmark Supreme Court’s decision in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd—along with Rukhadze v Recovery Partners—redefine fiduciary duties in commercial fraud. Writing in NLJ this week, Mary Young of Kingsley Napley analyses the implications of the rulings
Barristers Ben Keith of 5 St Andrew’s Hill and Rhys Davies of Temple Garden Chambers use the arrest of Simon Leviev—the so-called Tinder Swindler—to explore the realities of Interpol red notices, in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] has upended assumptions about who may conduct litigation, warn Kevin Latham and Fraser Barnstaple of Kings Chambers in this week's NLJ. But is it as catastrophic as first feared?
Lord Sales has been appointed to become the Deputy President of the Supreme Court after Lord Hodge retires at the end of the year
Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are reportedly in the firing line in Chancellor Rachel Reeves upcoming Autumn budget
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