Lady Justice Macur has taken over the reins as senior presiding judge this week. She is the first woman to hold the role since it was created in 1983. The role entails being a board member of HM Courts and Tribunals Service, as well as overseeing the work of presiding judges on each Circuit in England and Wales, deployment of work in the courts, personnel issues for judges below High Court level and liaison with government departments. Lady Justice Macur replaces Lord Justice Fulford, who stood down on 31 March to become the Investigatory Powers Commissioner.
06 April 2017
New senior presiding judge
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok
Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok
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
NEWS
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
Arbitration may be private, but its confidentiality is no impenetrable shield. Writing in NLJ this week, James Glaysher of Kingsley Napley examines when courts will permit arbitral material to surface in open litigation
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
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