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27 October 2021
Issue: 7954 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Family
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Resolution Family Award winners

The winners of the Resolution Awards 2021 have been revealed

Three extra categories were added this year to family lawyers group Resolution’s annual awards: the YRes Rising Star, won by Taylor Rose solicitor Marjana Uddin; the Resilience Award, for ‘going above and beyond for clients’, won by Anthony Gold solicitor Fiona Lyon, who founded a topical talk-show during the pandemic; and the Working in Collaboration Award, won by family therapist Adele Ballantyne, Eleda Consultancy. The John Cornwell Award went to Peter Jones of Jones, Myers Family Law, who has been at the forefront of change in the profession.

Issue: 7954 / Categories: Legal News , Profession , Family
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Jurit LLP—Caroline Williams

Private wealth and tax team welcomes cross-border specialist as consultant

HFW—Simon Petch

HFW—Simon Petch

Global shipping practice expands with experienced ship finance partner hire

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Freeths—Richard Lockhart

Infrastructure specialist joins as partner in Glasgow office

NEWS
Talk of a reserved ‘Welsh seat’ on the Supreme Court is misplaced. In NLJ this week, Professor Graham Zellick KC explains that the Constitutional Reform Act treats ‘England and Wales’ as one jurisdiction, with no statutory Welsh slot
The government’s plan to curb jury trials has sparked ‘jury furore’. Writing in NLJ this week, David Locke, partner at Hill Dickinson, says the rationale is ‘grossly inadequate’
A year after the $1.5bn Bybit heist, crypto fraud is booming—but so is recovery. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Holloway, founder and CEO of M2 Recovery, warns that scams hit at least $14bn in 2025, fuelled by ‘pig butchering’ cons and AI deepfakes
After Woodcock confirmed no general duty to warn, debate turns to the criminal law. Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group urges revival of misprision or a modern equivalent
Family courts are tightening control of expert evidence. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Chris Pamplin says there is ‘no automatic right’ to call experts; attendance must be ‘necessary in the interests of justice’ under FPR Pt 25
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