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10 October 2013
Issue: 7579 / Categories: Legal News
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Legal first

Justice Secretary announces UK Global Law Summit

Britain’s legal services are to be showcased in London in February 2015 at the first ever UK Global Law Summit, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has announced. The event will mark 800 years of the Magna Carta. Grayling said the summit would be “a world class conference showcasing the UK's unrivalled legal expertise, based on a long history of freedom and justice”. “I am determined to help UK law firms and lawyers succeed in the global race and develop the business opportunities created by their world-class reputation,” he added.

Issue: 7579 / Categories: Legal News
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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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