Competition law and litigation solicitor Lucy Rigby, a former partner at Hausfeld, has been appointed Solicitor General, replacing Sarah Sackman KC, who replaces Heidi Alexander as justice minister for the courts, legal aid and civil justice in a mini-shuffle announced this week.
Alexander becomes Secretary of State for Transport, replacing Louise Haigh who resigned after news broke that she failed to inform her previous employers Aviva that a work phone she reported stolen back in 2013 had later been found, which led to her pleading guilty to fraud by false representation a year later and receiving a conditional discharge.
