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17 December 2021
Issue: 7961 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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NLJ this week: Home Alone: what really happened to Kevin!

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Ever wondered what happened to Kevin McCallister, the eight-year-old (played by Macauley Culkin) left to fend for himself after his parents forgot to take him on vacation?

Well, wonder no more. Writing in this week’s NLJ, RPC partner Peter Mansfield reveals the shocking truth about the main character of the evergreen Christmas movie, Home Alone. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

As Mansfield writes: ‘All it needs is for the terrarium to break and the spider of justice is freed.’ 

Issue: 7961 / Categories: Legal News , Profession
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Gateley Legal—Caroline Pope & Bob Maynard

Construction team bolstered by hire of senior consultant duo

Switalskis—four appointments

Switalskis—four appointments

Firm expands residential conveyancing team with quadruple appointment

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

mfg Solicitors—Claire Pope

Private client team welcomes senior associatein Worcester

NEWS
The controversial Mazur ruling, which caused widespread uncertainty about the role of non-solicitors in litigation work, has been overturned on appeal
Two landmark social media cases in the US could influence social media regulation in the UK, lawyers predict
Barristers have urged the government to set up Nightingale-style specialist courts, with jury trials, to prioritise rape, sexual assault and domestic abuse trials
Victims of violent crimes who suffer life-changing injuries receive less than half the financial support today than those in the 1990s, according to a senior personal injury lawyer
Rising numbers of cases, an increase in litigants in person and an overall lack of investment is piling pressure on the family court, the Law Society has warned
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