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27 March 2008
Issue: 7314 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Family
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President Millward

News In Brief

District Judge Edwina Millward, who sits at Maidstone Combined Court, has been elected President of the Association of Her Majesty’s District Judges. Millward was senior partner in the Maidstone firm Gill Tucker and Tucker before being appointed a judge, and is a former president of the Kent Law Society. She intends to press for the establishment of “a properly funded and resourced unified Family Court”, where magistrates, district judges and circuit judges can work together to make best use of available resources.

Issue: 7314 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Family
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde & Co—Suriya Ashok

Clyde Co strengthens energy transition and construction offering with hire of Suriya Ashok

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit—Nicole Gallop Mildon

Jurit appoints rare dual-qualified lawyer to expand Anglo-French private wealth expertise

NEWS
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

Consumer credit law is heading for its biggest shake-up in 50 years, with the Consumer Credit Act 1974 set to yield much of its detailed statutory machinery to FCA rules
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
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