Both the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC, and the Solicitor General, Oliver Heald, have been ousted from office in the Cabinet reshuffle. Grieve will be replaced by Jeremy Wright MP, a former criminal barrister at No5 Chambers who has been an MP since 2005. He was appointed minister for prisons and rehabilitation at the Ministry for Justice two years ago, was made an Opposition Whip in 2007 and became a Government Whip in 2010. Heald will be replaced by Swindon South MP and barrister Robert Buckland, in his first government post.
17 July 2014
New Attorney General
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon
Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise
Twenty Essex—Thomas Hibbs, Jack Hollingworth & Sam Pearce
Three new tenants join Twenty Essex
DAC Beachcroft—Kirstie Pike & Simy Khanna
DAC Beachcroft further builds national Professional Liability practice, hiring two partners in Bristol
NEWS
A child’s views can be taken into account during international child abduction proceedings, the Supreme Court has held
Small and medium-sized law firms have urged regulators to pause plans to exclude owner-managers from compliance officer roles
Lawyers have raised the alarm on employment tribunal delays and backlogs, with some cases facing a three-year wait for a hearing
The controversial assisted dying Bill has drawn to a halt after MPs defeated it by 286 votes to 270
MPs have called for legislation to protect against the human rights risks of artificial intelligence (AI)
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