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10 June 2022
Issue: 7982 / Categories: Legal News
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London Legal Walk

It’s time to limber up and get ready for the London Legal Walk, due to take place on 28 June
Please note the deadline for entries is 22 June. More than 100,000 walkers, including hundreds of teams, take part each year, including Supreme Court Justices, City lawyers, clerks, paralegals, QCs, law firm partners, court staff and anyone who is connected in some way with the law. There are three 10km routes available, including one that is fully wheelchair accessible. Entrants must pledge to raise a minimum of £20. All funds go to legal advice charities. To find out more, visit londonlegalsupporttrust.org.uk or register here.
Issue: 7982 / Categories: Legal News
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

WSP Solicitors—David Ashcroft & Jessica O’Shea

Commercial property and child law teams expand with senior hires

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Duxton Hill Chambers—Lucas Bastin KC & Joshua Hiew

Set expands London and Singapore offering with senior international disputes hires

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Gilson Gray—Gregor Duthie & Stephen Forsyth

Firm strengthens real estate and litigation teams with partner promotions

NEWS
Behind the profession’s polished exterior, lawyers are ‘internally drained rather than physically tired’, according to a stark assessment of burnout in legal practice
Five years after the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 came into force, concerns remain that the family courts continue to minimise allegations of abuse in child contact disputes
Uber has built a formidable strategy for insulating itself from liability for drivers’ conduct, but the legal terrain differs sharply between the US and England and Wales
The House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Act 2026 marks a constitutional watershed by severing the centuries-old link between hereditary titles and automatic membership of the upper chamber
The Civil Justice Council’s review of Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974 could mark the end of what one commentator calls an ‘outdated’ and overly technical regime governing solicitor-client fee disputes
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