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A judicial review is to be launched against the government to ensure taxpayers’ money used to bail out RBS is used only in projects that meet minimum green and human rights standards. Environmental groups, the World Development Movement, Platform and People & Planet, which are launching the action, claim RBS has failed to commit to basic low-carbon principles, and the Treasury, in bailing out the bank, has breached its own policy to tackle climate change.
Nikki Bowker, head of litigation and dispute resolution at Devonshires, on career resilience, diversity in law and channelling Elle Woods when the pressure is on
Leasehold enfranchisement specialist joins residential property team
Firm strengthens commercial team in Manchester with partner appointment
An engagement ring may symbolise romance, but the courts remain decidedly practical about who keeps it after a split, writes Mark Pawlowski, barrister and professor emeritus of property law at the University of Greenwich, in this week's NLJ
